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'''Fink-Roselieve''', or after 1945 simply '''FR''', was a US manufacturer of photo products, mostly known for developing tanks and photo-chemistry products. A small spotlight, an accessory rangefinder, and other items were also sold. Around 1942, they briefly offered a [[press camera]] in 2&frac14;&times;3&frac14;" size, the '''FR Reporter'''. Apparently some Reporters were actually manufactured; but it is a rarely-seen model (not even rating an entry in [[McKeown's]]). By 1943, advertisements for Fink-Roselieve instead announced the company's manufacture of chemistry for WWII aerial reconnaissance.  
 
'''Fink-Roselieve''', or after 1945 simply '''FR''', was a US manufacturer of photo products, mostly known for developing tanks and photo-chemistry products. A small spotlight, an accessory rangefinder, and other items were also sold. Around 1942, they briefly offered a [[press camera]] in 2&frac14;&times;3&frac14;" size, the '''FR Reporter'''. Apparently some Reporters were actually manufactured; but it is a rarely-seen model (not even rating an entry in [[McKeown's]]). By 1943, advertisements for Fink-Roselieve instead announced the company's manufacture of chemistry for WWII aerial reconnaissance.  
  
Around 1961 FR offered the '''Auto-Eye II''' 35mm camera, a rebranding of a model manufactured by [[Adox]].
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FR became the US importer of [[Adox]] films. Around 1961 FR offered the '''Auto-Eye II''' 35mm camera, a rebranding of a model manufactured by Adox.
 
 
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*[http://minorhouse.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/2007/09/post_e337.html Photos of FR Reporter] from the blog [http://minorhouse.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/ カメラ コレクション マイナーハウス]
 
  
 
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|image_text= 1959 Adox Polomat - Adox logo replaced with FR logo<br><small>image by eBayer dixiemountain</small>
 
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*[http://minorhouse.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/2007/09/post_e337.html Photos of FR Reporter] from the blog [http://minorhouse.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/ カメラ コレクション マイナーハウス] ('Camera Collection Minorhouse')
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Revision as of 04:01, 2 April 2017

Fink-Roselieve, or after 1945 simply FR, was a US manufacturer of photo products, mostly known for developing tanks and photo-chemistry products. A small spotlight, an accessory rangefinder, and other items were also sold. Around 1942, they briefly offered a press camera in 2¼×3¼" size, the FR Reporter. Apparently some Reporters were actually manufactured; but it is a rarely-seen model (not even rating an entry in McKeown's). By 1943, advertisements for Fink-Roselieve instead announced the company's manufacture of chemistry for WWII aerial reconnaissance.

FR became the US importer of Adox films. Around 1961 FR offered the Auto-Eye II 35mm camera, a rebranding of a model manufactured by Adox.



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In Japanese: