Ducati
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Ducati (the same company that is much better known for motorcycles) made a small number of cameras in the years after the Second World War.[1] The company was founded in 1926 in Bologna, by the Ducati family and other investors, as Società Radio Brevetti Ducati (Ducati Radio Patent Company); Adriano Ducati held patents in the field of radio components such as condensers (capacitors).[2][3]
Cameras were among several alternatives investigated by Ducati during and after the War, with a view to civilian business. Motorised cycles emerged from the same development process.
Cameras
- Simplex: a half-frame 35 mm viewfinder camera.
- Sogno: a half-frame 35 mm coupled rangefinder camera.
Notes
- ↑ McKeown, James M. and Joan C. McKeown's Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras, 12th Edition, 2005-2006. USA, Centennial Photo Service, 2004. ISBN 0-931838-40-1 (hardcover). ISBN 0-931838-41-X (softcover). p252.
- ↑ For example (a little later)British Patent 382982 of 1932, Electrostatic Fixed Condenser, granted to Adriano Ducati; at Espacenet, the patent search facility of the European Patent Office.
- ↑ Ducati company history - 1920s at the Ducati website.
