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− | '''Fototecnica Torino''' was a camera maker of the 1940s and '50s, based in the Italian car-industry capital Turin. The company made several rather stylish box cameras. | + | '''Fototecnica Torino''' was a camera maker of the 1940s and '50s, based in the Italian car-industry capital Turin. The company made several rather stylish box cameras. Notes on the company at ''Storia della Fotografia'' note some doubt as to the relationship between Fototecnica and [[P&B]], whose logo appears on a few examples of Fototecnica cameras (such as the Tennar shown below).<ref name=SdF>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120411234209/http://www.storiadellafotografia.it/2012/04/02/fototecnica/ Notes on Fototecnica] at ''Storia della Fotografia'' (archived at archive.org, April 2012; in Italian)</ref> |
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* Bakina (1946) 3x4 cm on 127 film<ref name=McK>{{McKeown12}} p310.</ref> | * Bakina (1946) 3x4 cm on 127 film<ref name=McK>{{McKeown12}} p310.</ref> | ||
* Herman (1950) 35 mm viewfinder camera<ref name=McK/> | * Herman (1950) 35 mm viewfinder camera<ref name=McK/> | ||
− | * Tennar (1954) 6x9 folding camera:<ref name=McK/> also Tennar Junior, Tennar Lusso (with more speeds) and Tennar Super (with RF and extinction meter)<ref name=SdF>[ | + | * Tennar (1954) 6x9 folding camera:<ref name=McK/> also Tennar Junior, Tennar Lusso (with more speeds) and Tennar Super (with RF and extinction meter).<ref name=SdF/> Very similar indeed to the [[Audax]]. |
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*[http://www.topgabacho.jp/FI/Herman.htm Fototecnica Helman, Helman Olympic, Bakina, Filmor and Bandi] at [http://www.topgabacho.jp/FI/ Fotocamere Italiane (イタリアンカメラ)] (Japanese) | *[http://www.topgabacho.jp/FI/Herman.htm Fototecnica Helman, Helman Olympic, Bakina, Filmor and Bandi] at [http://www.topgabacho.jp/FI/ Fotocamere Italiane (イタリアンカメラ)] (Japanese) | ||
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Fototecnica Torino was a camera maker of the 1940s and '50s, based in the Italian car-industry capital Turin. The company made several rather stylish box cameras. Notes on the company at Storia della Fotografia note some doubt as to the relationship between Fototecnica and P&B, whose logo appears on a few examples of Fototecnica cameras (such as the Tennar shown below).[1]
Contents
Cameras
Box
- Bandi (1946) 6x6 cm
- Rayflex (1946) 6x6 cm camera with large brilliant finder
- Filmor (1950) 6x6 or 6x9
- Eaglet (1952) 6x9 cm
- Maxima (possibly by Fototecnica)
- Rayelle (1954) 6x9 cm
Fototecnica Tennar (with P&B logo) image by photoli2009 (Image rights) |
Others
- Bakina (1946) 3x4 cm on 127 film[2]
- Herman (1950) 35 mm viewfinder camera[2]
- Tennar (1954) 6x9 folding camera:[2] also Tennar Junior, Tennar Lusso (with more speeds) and Tennar Super (with RF and extinction meter).[1] Very similar indeed to the Audax.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes on Fototecnica at Storia della Fotografia (archived at archive.org, April 2012; in Italian)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 McKeown, James M. and Joan C. McKeown's Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras, 12th Edition, 2005-2006. USA, Centennial Photo Service, 2004. ISBN 0-931838-40-1 (hardcover). ISBN 0-931838-41-X (softcover). p310.