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| − | The '''Feig''' is a 35mm viewfinder camera, made in Valencia, Spain shortly after the Second World War.<ref name=WPA>[ | + | The '''Feig''' is a 35mm viewfinder camera, made in Valencia, Spain shortly after the Second World War.<ref name=WPA>[https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Feig/AI-31-35190 Feig] sold at the [https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Cameras/Past-Auctions/Auction-31/ 31st Westlicht Photographica Auction], June 2017: several excellent pictures of the camera.</ref> It is attributed to Vicente Ferrer Iglesias,<ref>This name is curious; ''Saint'' Vicente Ferrer is the patron saint of Valencia, and has a church (Iglesia) there, so it is tempting to suspect a misunderstanding. However, a patent ([https://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/originalDocument?CC=ES&NR=38848U&KC=U&FT=D&ND=3&date=19531201&DB=&locale=en_EP# Patent 38848, ''Soporte perfeccionado para parabrisas''] (improved bracket for a motorcycle windshield) at [https://worldwide.espacenet.com/?locale=en_EP Espacenet]) was lodged by D. Vicente Ferrer Iglesias of Calle Arzobispo Fabian y Fuero no. 7, in the Godella district of Valencia, in 1953.</ref> and was distributed by [[Oliver Salleras]] of Barcelona, according to both the auctioneer's notes at Westlicht and Pierre Dubois writing at ''Collection Appareils''.<ref name=CA>[http://www.collection-appareils.fr/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=18921 Forum post about the Feig], with some pictures, at [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/ Collection Appareils].</ref> Dubois describes the camera as a copy of the Leica Compur (Leica B), and states that the body has exactly the same dimensions. The top and base plates are of chrome-plated brass; other exposed metal parts are aluminium, and the body has a black leatherette covering. |
The camera has a fixed-focus meniscus lens, with no aperture adjustment, and a three-speed (plus 'B) [[everset shutter]], on a telescoping lens tube. Dubois describes the top-plate controls. As well as the advance and rewind knobs, there is what seems to be a frame-counter dial. However, Dubois says this is simply the top of the screw that retains the base-plate of the camera (the camera loads through the base, like the Leica). There is a thumb-wheel which disengages the film-advance lock for loading and rewind, and a mushroom-shaped button which must be pressed after each exposure, to disengage the advance lock before winding on. There is no body shutter release. | The camera has a fixed-focus meniscus lens, with no aperture adjustment, and a three-speed (plus 'B) [[everset shutter]], on a telescoping lens tube. Dubois describes the top-plate controls. As well as the advance and rewind knobs, there is what seems to be a frame-counter dial. However, Dubois says this is simply the top of the screw that retains the base-plate of the camera (the camera loads through the base, like the Leica). There is a thumb-wheel which disengages the film-advance lock for loading and rewind, and a mushroom-shaped button which must be pressed after each exposure, to disengage the advance lock before winding on. There is no body shutter release. | ||
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| + | *[http://corsopolaris.net/supercameras/LeicaCopy/leicacopyvarie/feig.JPG Photo of the Feig] on the [http://corsopolaris.net/supercameras/LeicaCopy/copieleicacompur.html Leica Copy Cameras page] at [http://corsopolaris.net/supercameras/ Innovative Cameras] | ||
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The Feig is a 35mm viewfinder camera, made in Valencia, Spain shortly after the Second World War.[1] It is attributed to Vicente Ferrer Iglesias,[2] and was distributed by Oliver Salleras of Barcelona, according to both the auctioneer's notes at Westlicht and Pierre Dubois writing at Collection Appareils.[3] Dubois describes the camera as a copy of the Leica Compur (Leica B), and states that the body has exactly the same dimensions. The top and base plates are of chrome-plated brass; other exposed metal parts are aluminium, and the body has a black leatherette covering.
The camera has a fixed-focus meniscus lens, with no aperture adjustment, and a three-speed (plus 'B) everset shutter, on a telescoping lens tube. Dubois describes the top-plate controls. As well as the advance and rewind knobs, there is what seems to be a frame-counter dial. However, Dubois says this is simply the top of the screw that retains the base-plate of the camera (the camera loads through the base, like the Leica). There is a thumb-wheel which disengages the film-advance lock for loading and rewind, and a mushroom-shaped button which must be pressed after each exposure, to disengage the advance lock before winding on. There is no body shutter release.
There is a reverse-Galilean viewfinder mounted in a simply-machined aluminium block screwed to the top plate.
Notes
- ↑ Feig sold at the 31st Westlicht Photographica Auction, June 2017: several excellent pictures of the camera.
- ↑ This name is curious; Saint Vicente Ferrer is the patron saint of Valencia, and has a church (Iglesia) there, so it is tempting to suspect a misunderstanding. However, a patent (Patent 38848, Soporte perfeccionado para parabrisas (improved bracket for a motorcycle windshield) at Espacenet) was lodged by D. Vicente Ferrer Iglesias of Calle Arzobispo Fabian y Fuero no. 7, in the Godella district of Valencia, in 1953.
- ↑ Forum post about the Feig, with some pictures, at Collection Appareils.
