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| − | * [http://clicclac.free.fr/unappareil.php?numero=746 | + | * [http://clicclac.free.fr/unappareil.php?numero=746 An Elax with lever advance at clicclac.free.fr] |
* [http://www.club-niepce-lumiere.org/html/musee.php A picture of the Elax II at the Club Niepce Lumière] | * [http://www.club-niepce-lumiere.org/html/musee.php A picture of the Elax II at the Club Niepce Lumière] | ||
[[Category: 3x4cm folding cameras]] | [[Category: 3x4cm folding cameras]] | ||
[[Category: French cameras]] | [[Category: French cameras]] | ||
Revision as of 21:07, 22 February 2006
The Elax was a folding 3x4 camera, using 127 film, made by the French maker Lumière from 1931 or 1933 (depending on the source). It had an unusual focal plane shutter with rigid metal curtains, from 4s to 1/1000 with self-timer. At the time, the Foth Derby was another example of folding 3x4 focal plane shutter camera. The Elax had a Berthiot Flor 50/3.5 four element lens with helical focusing. Its viewfinder is said to be bought to Leitz, and was apparently the same as the Leica I but vertically oriented. The film advance was coupled to the shutter winding. The Elax had a knob advance and later a lever advance. The Elax had a black finish, and is a very rare camera.
The Elax II, was the postwar version of the Elax, in chrome finish with the lever advance. It is yet rarer, it is said only fifteen were produced, maybe in 1946 (but McKeown says 1949-1951).
Bibliography
- Histoire des appareils français, B. Vial, Ed. Maeght
- Pontiac Lynx, Super Lynx, Baby Lynx, Fotofiche 15, Patrice-Hervé Pont, Ed Fotosaga
