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The '''Inflex''' is a viewfinder camera for 4-cm square pictures on 127 film, made by Paul Vieth of Solingen,<ref>Very probably the same company as [http://www.vieth.de Paul Vieth KG], founded in 1922 and still active as a metal-machinist and maker of wire springs.</ref> near Düsseldorf in western Germany, in 1955.<ref>Inflex camera with Zeyen Anastigmat, offered for sale at Ebay (item 121520791362), December 2014.</ref> The body is of cast metal with a crackle-finish paint. Examples have been seen with a 5 cm f/3.8 Zeyen Anastigmat,<ref>{{McKeown12}} Page 946.</ref>  and with a 5 cm f/3.8 Emylar Anastigmat;<ref>[https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/889159_877-rare-reflex-styled-inflex-by-vieth-1955 Inflex with Emylar Anastigmat] offered for sale in April 2005 by [http://www.auction-team.de Auction Team Breker] (listing is at the [http://www.liveauctioneers.com LiveAuctioneers] site).</ref> both have front-element focusing, and stop down only to f/12. The shutter is a [[Vario]], with speeds 1/25, 1/50 and 1/200 second, plus 'B'; there is a cable release socket on the side of the camera. The shutter is synchronised for flash with a [[PC socket]], and there is a [[cold shoe]] on the side of the camera. However, in the example seen, this is more likely to be used for a shoe-fitting telescopic finder. The camera also has a large (but not full-frame) [[Viewfinder#Brilliant finder|brilliant finder]] placed above the lens, and might be called a [[pseudo-TLR]].

The back of the camera is hinged at the bottom. The film passes upward through the camera, advanced by a knob, with a [[red window]].

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==Notes==
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==Links==
* [http://archiv.club-daguerre.de/inflex.htm Inflex] with Zeyen Anastigmat, as 'Camera of the month' at the [http://www.club-daguerre.de/ Club Daguerre] site: a single picture of the camera, and basic description (in German).


[[Category:4x4 viewfinder]]
[[Category:Pseudo TLR]]
[[Category:127 film]]
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[[Category:Germany]]