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| − | The '''Jolly''' is a simple camera for twelve 10x15 mm pictures, made in about 1950 by a company named '''Kamera Werkstätten''' (at least, contemporary advertising gives this name), unrelated to [[KW]] (Kamera Werkstätten Guthe & Thorsch) in Dresden.<ref name=McK>{{McKeown12}} p455-6.</ref> No other cameras by this company are known. The Jolly has an unidentified, uncoated lens, and an 'I' and 'B' shutter. The film is advanced with a winding knob on the left of the top housing, with frame numbers engraved on the knob in an irregular sequence to give a crude frame-counter. It has a reverse-Galilean viewfinder. McKeown states that the camera was available with black, red or blue leatherette; | + | The '''Jolly''' is a simple camera for twelve 10x15 mm pictures, made in about 1950 by a company named '''Kamera Werkstätten''' (at least, contemporary advertising gives this name), unrelated to [[KW]] (Kamera Werkstätten Guthe & Thorsch) in Dresden.<ref name=McK>{{McKeown12}} p455-6.</ref> No other cameras by this company are known. The Jolly has an unidentified, uncoated lens, and an 'I' and 'B' shutter. The film is advanced with a winding knob on the left of the top housing, with frame numbers engraved on the knob in an irregular sequence to give a crude frame-counter. It has a reverse-Galilean viewfinder. McKeown states that the camera was available with black, red or blue leatherette; black and red examples have been seen at Westlicht.<ref>[http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?f=popup&id=14732&_ssl=off#14732 Jolly] with black leatherette, sold at the [http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?id=13877&acat=13877&offset=1&lang=3 November 2002 Westlicht Photographica Auction] in Vienna.</ref><ref>[http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?f=popup&id=260048&_ssl=off#260048 Jolly] with red leatherette, offered at the [http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?id=246556&acat=246556&lang=3 May 2012 Westlicht auction].</ref> |
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The Jolly is a simple camera for twelve 10x15 mm pictures, made in about 1950 by a company named Kamera Werkstätten (at least, contemporary advertising gives this name), unrelated to KW (Kamera Werkstätten Guthe & Thorsch) in Dresden.[1] No other cameras by this company are known. The Jolly has an unidentified, uncoated lens, and an 'I' and 'B' shutter. The film is advanced with a winding knob on the left of the top housing, with frame numbers engraved on the knob in an irregular sequence to give a crude frame-counter. It has a reverse-Galilean viewfinder. McKeown states that the camera was available with black, red or blue leatherette; black and red examples have been seen at Westlicht.[2][3]
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). p455-6.
- ↑ Jolly with black leatherette, sold at the November 2002 Westlicht Photographica Auction in Vienna.
- ↑ Jolly with red leatherette, offered at the May 2012 Westlicht auction.
