Difference between revisions of "Gevabox"

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There are (at least) three versions of the Gevabox:

A Bakelite-moulded version, very similar to the Adox 66, taking 6x6 images on 120 film; made c.1950 for Gevaert by Hermann Wolf GmbH, Wuppertal, Germany.

single speed shutter+B, f.8 lens, stopping to f.11; single waist-level finder

A rectangular metal box-camera type device with chrome edges, taking 6x9 images on 120 film; made from c.1951 for Gevaert by Hermann Wolf GmbH, Wuppertal, Germany.

Single-speed + B shutter; f8 lens, stopping to f.11 & f.16, focusing 5ft-infinity; two waist-level viewfinders (for landscape and portrait formats)

A rounded metal-cased one, with an eye-level plastic viewfinder on top, taking 6x9 images on 120 film; made between 1955 & 1959 by Bilora in Germany.

Two speed (1/50, 1/100) shutter + B, fixed-focus 105mm/f.11 lens, stop to f.16; telescope-type eye-level finder

Adox 66 version of 1950 Gevabox
image by PeKai (Image rights)

rectangular 1951 version
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ebay user Alrus1234 (Image rights)

rounded 1955 version
image by AWCam (Image rights)

1955 version
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-* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/network-error/246947216/ 1950 Bakelite version] on [http://www.flickr.com/people/network-error/ Pascal Labrouillère's Flickr pages]
+* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/network-error/246947216/in/pool-camerawiki 1950 Bakelite version] on [http://www.flickr.com/people/network-error/ Pascal Labrouillère's Flickr pages]
 * [http://www.kensmithart.com/gevabox.htm Gevabox - 1951 rectangular version] on [http://www.kensmithart.com/ Ken Smith's Photography site]
 * [http://www.lyndrup.dk/ken/Engelsk/Gevaert%20E/Gevabox%206%20x%209%20E.htm 1955 Rounded version] on [http://lyndrup.dk/ken/Engelsk.htm Ken Lyndrups Collection of photo-curios]