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'''Fex/Indo''' (for <b>F</b>rance <b>EX</b>port) and (<b>IND</b>ustrie <b>O</b>ptique) is a French company that produced inexpensive camera models from the 1940s to the 1981.
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'''Fex/Indo''' (for <b>F</b>rance <b>EX</b>port) and (<b>IND</b>ustrie <b>O</b>ptique) is a French company that produced inexpensive camera models from the 1940s to the 1981. Itwas one of the few civil camera companies founded in times of WWII. When France was "under German occupation, Fritz Kaftanski formed an association with Lucien Bouchetal de la Roche in order to produce cameras under the mark FEX (for  France EXport). Located in Lyon, this company became FEX-INDO and then INDO (INDustrie Optique). It stopped all activities in 1981"<ref>citation from [http://vieilalbum.com/UltraFex4US.htm Le Vieil Album]</ref>. Kaftanski himself developed successful camera models like the [[bakelite]] camera [[Ultra-Fex]].
  
 
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
 
* Charrat, Jaques & Hélène, Boissier, Régis, and Bandelier, Gérard, ''Fex - Histoire & Production d'une Enterprise Lyonnaise''. 208 pp. No publication date or ISBN given. Published through the [http://www.club-niepce-lumiere.org/html/index.php Club Niépce Lumière] and available from them ([http://www.club-niepce-lumiere.org/html/index.php preview and order page]). Covers 380 models and variants.
 
* Charrat, Jaques & Hélène, Boissier, Régis, and Bandelier, Gérard, ''Fex - Histoire & Production d'une Enterprise Lyonnaise''. 208 pp. No publication date or ISBN given. Published through the [http://www.club-niepce-lumiere.org/html/index.php Club Niépce Lumière] and available from them ([http://www.club-niepce-lumiere.org/html/index.php preview and order page]). Covers 380 models and variants.

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Fex/Indo (for France EXport) and (INDustrie Optique) is a French company that produced inexpensive camera models from the 1940s to the 1981. Itwas one of the few civil camera companies founded in times of WWII. When France was "under German occupation, Fritz Kaftanski formed an association with Lucien Bouchetal de la Roche in order to produce cameras under the mark FEX (for France EXport). Located in Lyon, this company became FEX-INDO and then INDO (INDustrie Optique). It stopped all activities in 1981"[1]. Kaftanski himself developed successful camera models like the bakelite camera Ultra-Fex.

Camera Models

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35mm

References

  1. ↑ citation from Le Vieil Album

Bibliography

  • Charrat, Jaques & Hélène, Boissier, Régis, and Bandelier, Gérard, Fex - Histoire & Production d'une Enterprise Lyonnaise. 208 pp. No publication date or ISBN given. Published through the Club Niépce Lumière and available from them (preview and order page). Covers 380 models and variants.

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