ISO Standard
The Standard is a coupled rangefinder camera for 35 mm film, made by Industria Scientifica Ottica in Milan, Italy, in about 1953.[1] The camera was also sold by the German company Hensoldt as the Henso Standard.
An article on ISO cameras at Fotocamere Italiane calls the Standard a simplified model of the Bilux, and states that a protoype of it, called the Junior, was produced.[2] Certainly, the Standard is very similar to both the Bilux, which preceded it, and the Reporter which came after it.
The simplifications are significant:
- Whereas the Bilux has both a conventional winding knob and a trigger mechanism to advance the film, the Standard only has the winding knob.
- The Standard has no slow shutter speed control: the shutter offers speeds from 1/20 to 1/1000 second, plus 'B'.
- The Standard has two PC sockets, for M- and X-synchronisation, instead of the single socket and adjustable synchronisation delay of the Bilux.
- The Standard does not have a film-type and speed reminder dial.
The standard lens is a collapsible 5 cm f/3.5 Iadar. The camera will accept the same interchangeable lenses, (some or all made by Hensoldt) as the other ISO rangefinders, and has the same interchangeable viewfinder eyepiece, to allow a different one to be fitted for each lens. It has a knurled focusing wheel, like the Contax rangefinders, operated with the right index finger.
Notes
- ↑ 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). p449.
- ↑ ISO cameras, including the Standard, at Fotocamere Italiane.
