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[[http://www.collectiblecameras.com/catalog/index.php?category_id=612 Collectablecameras.com]] shows three images of the Foth-flex:  
 
[[http://www.collectiblecameras.com/catalog/index.php?category_id=612 Collectablecameras.com]] shows three images of the Foth-flex:  
* [[http://www.collectiblecameras.com/catalog/images/FothFlexA.jpg Foth-flex front+right]]
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** [[http://www.collectiblecameras.com/catalog/images/FothFlex.jpg Foth-flex front+left]]
* [[http://www.collectiblecameras.com/catalog/images/FothFb.jpg Foth-flex back]]
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** [[http://www.collectiblecameras.com/catalog/images/FothFb.jpg Foth-flex back]]
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[[Category: 1935]]
 
[[Category: 1935]]

Revision as of 12:11, 4 July 2008

The Foth-flex is a medium format TLR camera produced by Foth in Germany in 1935. It has a number of unusual features for a TLR. It is one of the ver few[1] TLR to use a focal plane shutter.

The Foth flex has two Foth anastigmat 75/3.5 lenses. They take only push-on filters. The Foth-flex has a focal plane cloth shutter with speeds from B, 1-1/500s. It takes 6×6 pictures on 120 film. It has a curious (shove-under) accessory shoe and no flash synchronization.

Operation

The Foth-flex is focused by a wheel on the left side of the camera. Aperture is set by a lever under the taking lens. The shutter is operated on the right side of the camera: a lever to set it and a button to fire it. A separate wheel is used to andvance the film. The last unusual feature of the Foth-flex is the back which is hinged in on two sides. The two parts are held together by a button on the lower back. There's no framecounter, but there's a ruby window in the bottom.

Variations

The earlier models (I) were marked Foth on the waist-level finder. Later models (II) had an Albada sports finder integrated in the waist level finder and had a Foth-flex nameplate under the taking lens. The technical difference between the models I and II was the introduction of the slow speeds (up to 2s). From 1938 onwards[2], the focusing wheel was replaced by a lever on the other side of the camera. These models have an nameplate on the conventional spot above the viewing lens. Models with Foth anastigmats 75/2.5 are known[3]


  1. 1936 Mentorett is another one;McKeown 10th ed p 220.
  2. McKeown 10th edition, p 200
  3. McKeown10th edition, p 200

Links

[Collectablecameras.com] shows three images of the Foth-flex: