Difference between revisions of "Franka 125 L"

From Camera-wiki.org
Jump to: navigation, search
m (minor grammar, links)
(all pics CP -> CW; missing attributions & rights added; layout)
Line 1: Line 1:
 +
{|class=floatright
 +
|
 
{{Flickr_image
 
{{Flickr_image
|image_source= http://www.flickr.com/photos/7817210@N03/464256457/in/pool-camerapedia/
+
|image_source= http://www.flickr.com/photos/7817210@N03/464256457/in/pool-camerawiki
 
|image= http://farm1.static.flickr.com/186/464256457_5f7bac4df4.jpg
 
|image= http://farm1.static.flickr.com/186/464256457_5f7bac4df4.jpg
|image_align= left
+
|image_align= right
 
|image_text= Franka 125 L
 
|image_text= Franka 125 L
 
}}
 
}}
{{br}}
+
|-
 +
|
 +
{{Flickr_image
 +
|image_source= http://www.flickr.com/photos/7817210@N03/1145428597/in/pool-camerawiki
 +
|image= http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1034/1145428597_07a7a797d5.jpg
 +
|image_align= right
 +
|image_text= As Revue 35 BL
 +
}}
 +
|-
 +
|
 
{{Flickr_image
 
{{Flickr_image
|image_source= http://www.flickr.com/photos/7817210@N03/1145428597/in/pool-camerapedia/
+
|image_source= http://www.flickr.com/photos/7817210@N03/1392888424/in/pool-camerawiki
|image= http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1034/1145428597_07a7a797d5_m.jpg
+
|image= http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1402/1392888424_623245d83c.jpg
 
|image_align= right
 
|image_align= right
|image_text= Revue 35 BL
+
|image_text= As Universa<br/><small>images by {{image author|strind1977}}</small> {{with permission}}
 
}}
 
}}
 +
|}
 +
'''The Franka 125 L''' was one of [[Franka]]'s [[viewfinder camera]]s with a [[selenium meter]], a variant of the meterless ''Franka 125''. It was made in the time when the Franka company in Bayreuth (Frankonia) was taken over by the [[Wirgin]] company in Wiesbaden (Hesse), around 1961. So the camera was also offered as '''Edixa 125 L''', and in 1964 it was sold as '''Revue 35 BL''' by [[Foto-Quelle]].
  
'''The Franka 125 L''' was one of [[Franka]]'s [[viewfinder camera]]s with a [[selenium meter]], a variant of the meterless ''Franka 125''. It was made in the time when the Franka company in Bayreuth (Frankonia) was taken over by the [[Wirgin]] company in Wiesbaden (Hesse), around 1961. So the camera was also offered as '''Edixa 125 L''', and in 1964 it was sold as '''Revue 35 BL''' by [[Foto-Quelle]].
 
  
{{Flickr_image
 
|image_source= http://www.flickr.com/photos/89864432@N00/130054205/in/pool-camerapedia/
 
|image= http://farm1.static.flickr.com/44/130054205_7bd323c401_m.jpg
 
|image_align= left
 
|image_text= Edixa 125 L
 
}}
 
 
====Specifications====
 
====Specifications====
 
*'''Type''': [[Viewfinder camera]]
 
*'''Type''': [[Viewfinder camera]]
Line 32: Line 38:
 
*'''Viewfinder''': big optical bright frame finder
 
*'''Viewfinder''': big optical bright frame finder
 
*'''Film advance''': lever in the camera back, rewind unlock button in the bottom, and rewind knob (with film speed reminder) on top
 
*'''Film advance''': lever in the camera back, rewind unlock button in the bottom, and rewind knob (with film speed reminder) on top
 +
*'''Dimensions''': ca. 130&times;81&times;67mm
 +
 +
This camera also sold under the name Champion IV, Edixa 125 L, OGA, Pacemaker 35LM, Reporter, Revue 35 BL, Rollop 35 and Universa.
 +
 +
<br style="clear:left">
 
{{Flickr_image
 
{{Flickr_image
|image_source= http://www.flickr.com/photos/7817210@N03/1392888424/in/pool-camerapedia/
+
|image_source= http://www.flickr.com/photos/89864432@N00/130054205/in/pool-camerawiki
|image= http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1402/1392888424_623245d83c_m.jpg
+
|image= http://farm1.static.flickr.com/44/130054205_7bd323c401_m.jpg
|image_align= right
+
|image_align= left
|image_text= Universa
+
|image_text= As Edixa 125 L
 +
|image_by=Uwe Kulick
 +
|image_rights=wp
 
}}
 
}}
*'''Dimensions''': ca. 130&times;81&times;67mm
 
<br style="clear:left">
 
This camera also sold under the name Champion IV, Edixa 125 L, OGA, Pacemaker 35LM, Reporter, Revue 35 BL, Rollop 35 and Universa.
 
  
 
[[Category:German 35mm viewfinder]]
 
[[Category:German 35mm viewfinder]]
 
[[Category:Franka]]
 
[[Category:Franka]]

Revision as of 17:49, 9 September 2011

The Franka 125 L was one of Franka's viewfinder cameras with a selenium meter, a variant of the meterless Franka 125. It was made in the time when the Franka company in Bayreuth (Frankonia) was taken over by the Wirgin company in Wiesbaden (Hesse), around 1961. So the camera was also offered as Edixa 125 L, and in 1964 it was sold as Revue 35 BL by Foto-Quelle.


Specifications

  • Type: Viewfinder camera
  • Manufacturer: Franka
  • Year of launch: 1964
  • Film: 35mm with speeds 12 to 800 ASA
  • Lens: Isco-Göttingen Color-Isconar 1:2.8/45mm, focusable with help of metre scale or symbol scale
  • Shutter: Prontor 125, half-moon shaped release lever on camera front side, speeds 1/30 sec., 1/60 sec., 1/125 sec. and B
  • Aperture: 1:2.8 to 1:22
  • Meter: uncoupled Japanese selenium meter shows light value between 1 and 10, manual three-slice analog calculator needs ASA preselection, then it suggests a light value/shutter speed combination for a selected aperture value or vice versa
  • Viewfinder: big optical bright frame finder
  • Film advance: lever in the camera back, rewind unlock button in the bottom, and rewind knob (with film speed reminder) on top
  • Dimensions: ca. 130×81×67mm

This camera also sold under the name Champion IV, Edixa 125 L, OGA, Pacemaker 35LM, Reporter, Revue 35 BL, Rollop 35 and Universa.