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| − | The '''Simplex''' is a half-frame 35 mm viewfinder camera made by [[Ducati]] in about 1950; McKeown notes uncertainty about the exact date.<ref name=McK>{{McKeown12}} p252.</ref> The camera makes ''fifteen'' 18x24 mm pictures on 35 mm film in special cassettes (as illustrated here, with a loader).<ref name=W>[https://wlpa.auction2000. | + | The '''Simplex''' is a half-frame 35 mm viewfinder camera made by [[Ducati]] in about 1950; McKeown notes uncertainty about the exact date.<ref name=McK>{{McKeown12}} p252.</ref> The camera makes ''fifteen'' 18x24 mm pictures on 35 mm film in special cassettes (as illustrated here, with a loader).<ref name=W>[https://wlpa.auction2000.online/auk/w.Object?inC=WLPA&inA=21&inO=494 Simplex] serial no. 10769 sold at the [https://wlpa.auction2000.online/auk/w.ObjectList?inSiteLang=&inC=WLPA&inA=21 21st Westlicht Photographica Auction], on 23 May 2012. The camera was offered together with a film cassette, and with a Vitor lens, which is for a Ducati [[Sogno]] camera.</ref> The camera has a focal-plane shutter with speeds 1/25 to 1/250 second, plus 'B' (and perhaps in some examples to 1/500; McKeown gives this range<ref name=McK></ref>). The shutter is not synchronised for flash. The release button is on the front of the camera, on the left of the lens; convenient for the right index finger when taking horizontally-oriented pictures. There is a frame counter around the winding knob (on the ''left'' of the camera). |
The lens is a fixed, uncoated, collapsible 35 mm f/3.5 Etar, with helical focus to one metre. | The lens is a fixed, uncoated, collapsible 35 mm f/3.5 Etar, with helical focus to one metre. | ||
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| − | * [https://wlpa.auction2000. | + | * [https://wlpa.auction2000.online/auk/w.Object?inC=WLPA&inA=20131004_0909&inO=431 Lot of two Simplex cameras], serial numbers 15927 and 17158, sold at the [https://wlpa.auction2000.online/auk/w.AuctionList?inL=&inC=WLPA&inA=20131004_0909&inWLPAAuctionType=AUCTION 24th Westlicht Photographica Auction], on 23 November 2013. |
* [http://bencinistory.altervista.org/002A%20fotocamere%2046-64/01F%20DUCATI%20simplex.html Ducati Simplex ed istruzioni per l'uso] at Fotocamere Italiane 1946-1964 (in italiano) | * [http://bencinistory.altervista.org/002A%20fotocamere%2046-64/01F%20DUCATI%20simplex.html Ducati Simplex ed istruzioni per l'uso] at Fotocamere Italiane 1946-1964 (in italiano) | ||
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The Simplex is a half-frame 35 mm viewfinder camera made by Ducati in about 1950; McKeown notes uncertainty about the exact date.[1] The camera makes fifteen 18x24 mm pictures on 35 mm film in special cassettes (as illustrated here, with a loader).[2] The camera has a focal-plane shutter with speeds 1/25 to 1/250 second, plus 'B' (and perhaps in some examples to 1/500; McKeown gives this range[1]). The shutter is not synchronised for flash. The release button is on the front of the camera, on the left of the lens; convenient for the right index finger when taking horizontally-oriented pictures. There is a frame counter around the winding knob (on the left of the camera).
The lens is a fixed, uncoated, collapsible 35 mm f/3.5 Etar, with helical focus to one metre.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.
- ↑ Simplex serial no. 10769 sold at the 21st Westlicht Photographica Auction, on 23 May 2012. The camera was offered together with a film cassette, and with a Vitor lens, which is for a Ducati Sogno camera.
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- Lot of two Simplex cameras, serial numbers 15927 and 17158, sold at the 24th Westlicht Photographica Auction, on 23 November 2013.
- Ducati Simplex ed istruzioni per l'uso at Fotocamere Italiane 1946-1964 (in italiano)
