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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. It was 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>. The wartime product was a wooden camera of poor | + | '''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. It was 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>. The wartime product was a wooden camera of poor quality but with [[Angenieux]] lens. Later Kaftanski himself developed successful camera models like the [[bakelite]] camera [[Ultra-Fex]]. The main brand names were '''Fex''', ''Weber/Fex'' and in the late years '''Indo'''. |
== Camera Models == | == Camera Models == | ||
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* [[Fex Weber|Fex Weber Major]] | * [[Fex Weber|Fex Weber Major]] | ||
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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 [ | + | * 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 [https://www.club-niepce-lumiere.org/ Club Niépce Lumière] and available from them ([https://www.club-niepce-lumiere.org/publications/livres.html preview and order page]). Covers 380 models and variants. |
== Links == | == Links == | ||
* [http://www.collectiongeven.com/piwigo/index.php?/category/286 Fex Indo page] at [http://www.collectiongeven.com/piwigo/ G. Even's site] (in French) | * [http://www.collectiongeven.com/piwigo/index.php?/category/286 Fex Indo page] at [http://www.collectiongeven.com/piwigo/ G. Even's site] (in French) | ||
| − | * [http://candidcamera.free.fr/FEX/a%20a%20htm_mainpage_fex.htm Fex Page] at Fotofex | + | * [http://candidcamera.free.fr/FEX/a%20a%20htm_mainpage_fex.htm Fex Page] at [http://candidcamera.free.fr/index.htm Fotofex] |
* [http://vieilalbum.com/UltraFex4US.htm Fex history] at [http://vieilalbum.com/AccueilUS.htm The Old Album] | * [http://vieilalbum.com/UltraFex4US.htm Fex history] at [http://vieilalbum.com/AccueilUS.htm The Old Album] | ||
* [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/Timeline/frise.php?Marque=Fex%20Indo Fex Indo camera chronology] on [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/francais.php www.collection-appareils.fr] by Sylvain Halgand (in French) | * [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/Timeline/frise.php?Marque=Fex%20Indo Fex Indo camera chronology] on [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/francais.php www.collection-appareils.fr] by Sylvain Halgand (in French) | ||
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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. It was 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]. The wartime product was a wooden camera of poor quality but with Angenieux lens. Later Kaftanski himself developed successful camera models like the bakelite camera Ultra-Fex. The main brand names were Fex, Weber/Fex and in the late years Indo.
Camera Models
110
- Indo 110
- Indo 110 MX3
- Fura 110 XA
- Fura 110 XA Electro
- Pocket 110 X
- Rhaco 110L
- Camara 110 ECR and FCR
126
- 126 LED
- Indo 126 M
- Indo 126 XR
- Indo 126 EL
- Fex-Matic F
- Fex-Matic Cube
- Fex-Matic
- Mondika
- Rhaco 126X
- Scotch
- Unika XL
- Unika XM
- Unika XS
- Unika II XA
- Viva 126
- Viva 1000
- Viva 2000
- Viva 3000
- Viva 5000
- Viva S
127
- Fex (4×6.5), Fex Superior and Superfex
- Photo Pack Matic
- Pari-Fex (two models) and name variants: Action Camera, Grand Prix, etc.
- Rubi-Fex and Rubi-Fex Automatic (with or without flash)
- Impera and name variants: Aptika, Powerflex, etc.
- Super-Boy and name variants: Champion, Graf, etc.
- Comodor 127
- Safari 127 and variants
620
- Fex 6 x 9
- Camera Graf
- Cap Nord
- Cliophot
- Delespaul
- Delta
- Elite
- Fex 4,5
- Juni-boy
- Manufrance Luminor
- Mosquito I, Mosquito II
- Novi-Phot
- Sport-Fex
- Fex Spring
- Touring
- Tourist
- Ultra-Fex
- Ultra-Fex color
- Ultra-Reflex
- Ultra-Reflex 4,5
- Uni-Fex
35mm
Notes
- ↑ 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.
Links
- Fex Indo page at G. Even's site (in French)
- Fex Page at Fotofex
- Fex history at The Old Album
- Fex Indo camera chronology on www.collection-appareils.fr by Sylvain Halgand (in French)
