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'''FIAMMA S.A.''' ('''F'''abbrica '''I'''taliana '''A'''pparecchi '''M'''acchine '''M'''ateriali '''A'''ccessori S.A.) was an Italian company making cameras and other photographic accessories. | '''FIAMMA S.A.''' ('''F'''abbrica '''I'''taliana '''A'''pparecchi '''M'''acchine '''M'''ateriali '''A'''ccessori S.A.) was an Italian company making cameras and other photographic accessories. | ||
===History=== | ===History=== | ||
| − | FIAMMA S.A. was established in 1920 in Florence, Italy, by Antonio '''Bencini''' (later founder of the [[Bencini | | + | FIAMMA S.A. was established in 1920 in Florence, Italy, by Antonio '''Bencini''' (later founder of the [[Bencini | eponymous company]]) and other partners. |
| − | The company produced and marketed several models of very well constructed studio and field cameras, some of them available in all the most common size of that times: 10×15, 13×18, 18×24, 21×27, 24×30. | + | The company produced and marketed several models of very well constructed studio and field cameras, some of them available in all the most common size of that times: 10×15, 13×18, 18×24, 21×27, 24×30 cm. |
| − | Over the years the factory grew | + | |
| − | In the early thirties, | + | |
| + | Over the years the factory grew continually, eventually employing about one hundred workers. In the early thirties, besides professional cameras, FIAMMA introduced in its catalog some simple and cheap box cameras. Between 1934 and 1935 Antonio Bencini left the company to move to Torino and to establish a new company called [[Filma]]. Immediately after FIAMMA was incorporated by [[Ferrania]]. After the incorporation only the production of some of the box cameras was continued by Ferrania, with its own brand name, in the premises formerly occupied by [[Cappelli]] in Milan. | ||
===Cameras=== | ===Cameras=== | ||
Revision as of 16:05, 1 March 2012
FIAMMA S.A. (Fabbrica Italiana Apparecchi Macchine Materiali Accessori S.A.) was an Italian company making cameras and other photographic accessories.
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History
FIAMMA S.A. was established in 1920 in Florence, Italy, by Antonio Bencini (later founder of the eponymous company) and other partners. The company produced and marketed several models of very well constructed studio and field cameras, some of them available in all the most common size of that times: 10×15, 13×18, 18×24, 21×27, 24×30 cm.
Over the years the factory grew continually, eventually employing about one hundred workers. In the early thirties, besides professional cameras, FIAMMA introduced in its catalog some simple and cheap box cameras. Between 1934 and 1935 Antonio Bencini left the company to move to Torino and to establish a new company called Filma. Immediately after FIAMMA was incorporated by Ferrania. After the incorporation only the production of some of the box cameras was continued by Ferrania, with its own brand name, in the premises formerly occupied by Cappelli in Milan.
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Bibliography
- Malavolti, Mario. La produzione delle fotocamere italiane. Fotocamera S.a.s., Milano, 1994. 300 pages. No ISBN
Links
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