Gevabox

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

• A rectangular metal one 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; waist-level viewfinders

• 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

Adox 66 version of 1950 Gevabox	rectangular 1951 version Courtesy of ebay user Alrus1234 - (Image rights)	rounded 1955 version

Links

1955 version
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• 1950 Bakelite version on Pascal Labrouillère's Flickr pages
• Gevabox - 1951 rectangular version on Ken Smith's Photography site
• 1955 Rounded version on Ken Lyndrups Collection of photo-curios
• Gevaert [1]
• GevaBox , Gevaboxand GevaBox 6x6 at Sylvain Halgand's www.collection-appareils.fr