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| − | * '''Box Kolex''': box camera for 4.5x6 cm plates in single holders. Metal body with brown leather covering. 7.5 cm f/6.3 Rekolar with front-element focusing and [[Vario]] shutter, and large folding frame finder on one side.<ref name=Box1>[ | + | * '''Box Kolex''': box camera for 4.5x6 cm plates in single holders. Metal body with brown leather covering. 7.5 cm f/6.3 Rekolar with front-element focusing and [[Vario]] shutter, and large folding frame finder on one side.<ref name=Box1>[https://wlpa.auction2000.se/auk/w.Object?inC=WLPA&inA=20130118_1303&inO=643 Box Kolex] sold at the [https://wlpa.auction2000.se/auk/w.ObjectList?inSiteLang=&inC=WLPA&inA=20130118_1303 23rd Westlicht auction], in May 2013.</ref><ref name=GK/> |
* '''Box-Reflex''': [[pseudo-TLR]] for roll film, similar to the [[Brillant]]. Bakelite body, 7.5 cm f/6.3 Rekolar with front-element focusing and Vario shutter.<ref name=GK/> | * '''Box-Reflex''': [[pseudo-TLR]] for roll film, similar to the [[Brillant]]. Bakelite body, 7.5 cm f/6.3 Rekolar with front-element focusing and Vario shutter.<ref name=GK/> | ||
* '''Kola-Flex''': similar bakelite camera, but with externally gear-linked viewing and taking lenses, so a true [[TLR]] camera,<ref name=McK/> with 75 mm f/3.5 Kolyt and Compur shutter. | * '''Kola-Flex''': similar bakelite camera, but with externally gear-linked viewing and taking lenses, so a true [[TLR]] camera,<ref name=McK/> with 75 mm f/3.5 Kolyt and Compur shutter. | ||
* '''Diar''' (or perhaps '''Kola-Diar'''): a metal-bodied camera for paper-backed 35-mm roll film. The lens-tube collapses into the body. ''Československé fotoaparáty'' shows an example with an un-named lens (without an obvious focus control), simple shutter and folding frame finder.<ref name=GK/> A Polish collector's site shows two better-specified examples, one with an f/6.3 Kola-Diar Achromat and another with an f/3.5 Radionar, both with front-element focusing and with a Vario shutter.<ref>[http://www.aparatyanalogowe.pl/content/i-kola-diar-camera Diar with Achromat] and [http://www.aparatyanalogowe.pl/content/ii-kola-diar-camera with Radionar] at Kulviecki's [http://www.aparatyanalogowe.pl/ Moje Małe Foto-Muzeum] (My Little Photo-Museum) - text in Polish with several pictures of each camera.</ref> Notes on the camera at that site state that the camera makes twelve exposures, 32 mm square, on a roll. | * '''Diar''' (or perhaps '''Kola-Diar'''): a metal-bodied camera for paper-backed 35-mm roll film. The lens-tube collapses into the body. ''Československé fotoaparáty'' shows an example with an un-named lens (without an obvious focus control), simple shutter and folding frame finder.<ref name=GK/> A Polish collector's site shows two better-specified examples, one with an f/6.3 Kola-Diar Achromat and another with an f/3.5 Radionar, both with front-element focusing and with a Vario shutter.<ref>[http://www.aparatyanalogowe.pl/content/i-kola-diar-camera Diar with Achromat] and [http://www.aparatyanalogowe.pl/content/ii-kola-diar-camera with Radionar] at Kulviecki's [http://www.aparatyanalogowe.pl/ Moje Małe Foto-Muzeum] (My Little Photo-Museum) - text in Polish with several pictures of each camera.</ref> Notes on the camera at that site state that the camera makes twelve exposures, 32 mm square, on a roll. | ||
| − | * '''Kola''': camera for 4x4 cm exposures on 127 film. Box-shaped metal body, with the back fastening with spring clips which grip the front plate. 5 cm lenses including Kolar's own f/3.5 Rekolar,<ref name=Kola1>[http://www.auction2000.se/auk/w.Object?inSiteLang=ENGLISH&inC=FHR&inA=25012009&inO=239 Kola] with 5 cm f/3.5 Anastigmat Rekolar, sold at the [http://www.auction2000.se/auk/w.ObjectList?inSiteLang=ENGLISH&inC=FHR&inA=25012009 Photographica 8], on 25 January 2009, by [http://www.photographica-auctionen.de/eng/ Rahn AG].</ref> f/4.5 [[Laack]] Dialytar and f/3.5 Tessar,<ref name=GK>[http://www.kostikidis.estranky.cz/fotoalbum/v-kolar-praha-modrany/v-kolar-praha-modrany/ Kolar cameras] at Georgios Kostikidis' [http://www.kostikidis.estranky.cz/ Československé fotoaparáty...] (Czechoslovak Cameras); pictures of the Box Kolex, Box-Reflex, Kolarex, Diar, and four examples of the Kola with different lenses (one described as the 'first model', the only example seen with a folding viewfinder).</ref> and Compur shutter. Some examples have front-element focusing; others have helical focusing, with a large ring behind the lens and shutter. Film advance knob with frame-counter (no red window). At least some early cameras have a folding reverse-Galilean viewfinder;<ref name=GK/> most examples seen, however, have a small tubular one. A special long-lens model was made with a 7.5 cm f/4.5 Kolyt lens mounted on a short lens-tube.<ref>[ | + | * '''Kola''': camera for 4x4 cm exposures on 127 film. Box-shaped metal body, with the back fastening with spring clips which grip the front plate. 5 cm lenses including Kolar's own f/3.5 Rekolar,<ref name=Kola1>[http://www.auction2000.se/auk/w.Object?inSiteLang=ENGLISH&inC=FHR&inA=25012009&inO=239 Kola] with 5 cm f/3.5 Anastigmat Rekolar, sold at the [http://www.auction2000.se/auk/w.ObjectList?inSiteLang=ENGLISH&inC=FHR&inA=25012009 Photographica 8], on 25 January 2009, by [http://www.photographica-auctionen.de/eng/ Rahn AG].</ref> f/4.5 [[Laack]] Dialytar and f/3.5 Tessar,<ref name=GK>[http://www.kostikidis.estranky.cz/fotoalbum/v-kolar-praha-modrany/v-kolar-praha-modrany/ Kolar cameras] at Georgios Kostikidis' [http://www.kostikidis.estranky.cz/ Československé fotoaparáty...] (Czechoslovak Cameras); pictures of the Box Kolex, Box-Reflex, Kolarex, Diar, and four examples of the Kola with different lenses (one described as the 'first model', the only example seen with a folding viewfinder).</ref> and Compur shutter. Some examples have front-element focusing; others have helical focusing, with a large ring behind the lens and shutter. Film advance knob with frame-counter (no red window). At least some early cameras have a folding reverse-Galilean viewfinder;<ref name=GK/> most examples seen, however, have a small tubular one. A special long-lens model was made with a 7.5 cm f/4.5 Kolyt lens mounted on a short lens-tube.<ref>[https://wlpa.auction2000.se/auk/w.Object?inSiteLang=ENGLISH&inC=LP&inA=20110407_1817&inO=20 Kola] with 7.5 cm f/4.5 Kolyt and Compur-Rapid shutter, sold at [https://wlpa.auction2000.se/auk/w.ObjectList?inSiteLang=ENGLISH&inC=LP&inA=20110407_1817 Auction 41] by [http://www.lpfoto.se/ LP Photoauktioner], on 28 April 2012.</ref> |
* '''Kolex''': folding 4.5x6 cm plate camera, vertically-oriented, with any of several 75 mm lenses, including the Rekolar in apertures from f/6.3 to f/3.5.<ref name=McK/> | * '''Kolex''': folding 4.5x6 cm plate camera, vertically-oriented, with any of several 75 mm lenses, including the Rekolar in apertures from f/6.3 to f/3.5.<ref name=McK/> | ||
* '''Box-Kolex''': | * '''Box-Kolex''': | ||
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* '''Kolette''': 4,5x6 format | * '''Kolette''': 4,5x6 format | ||
* '''Kolimax''' | * '''Kolimax''' | ||
| − | * '''Prototype 35-mm camera''':<ref name=Prot>[ | + | * '''Prototype 35-mm camera''':<ref name=Prot>[https://wlpa.auction2000.se/auk/w.Object?inC=WLPA&inA=20131004_0909&inO=590 Kolar prototype 35-mm camera] with 5.5 cm f/4.5 Kolar anastigmat and Koilos shutter, sold at the [https://wlpa.auction2000.se/auk/w.AuctionList?inL=&inC=WLPA&inA=20131004_0909&inWLPAAuctionType=AUCTION 24th Westlicht auction], on 23 November 2013.</ref> apparently for paper-backed film (it has a red window), with 5.5 cm f/4.5 Kolar anastigmat and Koilos shutter, mounted with a helical focus ring. The camera has a tubular reverse-Galilean finder on the top plate, and a brilliant finder for vertical use. The example cited is the only one known to exist. |
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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Václav Kolář was a camera maker in the Modřany area of Prague in the 1930s. McKeown states that the company stopped operating in 1935.[1]
Cameras
- Box Kolex: box camera for 4.5x6 cm plates in single holders. Metal body with brown leather covering. 7.5 cm f/6.3 Rekolar with front-element focusing and Vario shutter, and large folding frame finder on one side.[2][3]
- Box-Reflex: pseudo-TLR for roll film, similar to the Brillant. Bakelite body, 7.5 cm f/6.3 Rekolar with front-element focusing and Vario shutter.[3]
- Kola-Flex: similar bakelite camera, but with externally gear-linked viewing and taking lenses, so a true TLR camera,[1] with 75 mm f/3.5 Kolyt and Compur shutter.
- Diar (or perhaps Kola-Diar): a metal-bodied camera for paper-backed 35-mm roll film. The lens-tube collapses into the body. Československé fotoaparáty shows an example with an un-named lens (without an obvious focus control), simple shutter and folding frame finder.[3] A Polish collector's site shows two better-specified examples, one with an f/6.3 Kola-Diar Achromat and another with an f/3.5 Radionar, both with front-element focusing and with a Vario shutter.[4] Notes on the camera at that site state that the camera makes twelve exposures, 32 mm square, on a roll.
- Kola: camera for 4x4 cm exposures on 127 film. Box-shaped metal body, with the back fastening with spring clips which grip the front plate. 5 cm lenses including Kolar's own f/3.5 Rekolar,[5] f/4.5 Laack Dialytar and f/3.5 Tessar,[3] and Compur shutter. Some examples have front-element focusing; others have helical focusing, with a large ring behind the lens and shutter. Film advance knob with frame-counter (no red window). At least some early cameras have a folding reverse-Galilean viewfinder;[3] most examples seen, however, have a small tubular one. A special long-lens model was made with a 7.5 cm f/4.5 Kolyt lens mounted on a short lens-tube.[6]
- Kolex: folding 4.5x6 cm plate camera, vertically-oriented, with any of several 75 mm lenses, including the Rekolar in apertures from f/6.3 to f/3.5.[1]
- Box-Kolex:
- Kolarex: folding viewfinder camera for 4x6.5 cm exposures on 127 film.[3]
- Klaskop: Stereo camera, 30x40 or 40x40 format
- Kolette: 4,5x6 format
- Kolimax
- Prototype 35-mm camera:[7] apparently for paper-backed film (it has a red window), with 5.5 cm f/4.5 Kolar anastigmat and Koilos shutter, mounted with a helical focus ring. The camera has a tubular reverse-Galilean finder on the top plate, and a brilliant finder for vertical use. The example cited is the only one known to exist.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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). p536-7.
- ↑ Box Kolex sold at the 23rd Westlicht auction, in May 2013.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Kolar cameras at Georgios Kostikidis' Československé fotoaparáty... (Czechoslovak Cameras); pictures of the Box Kolex, Box-Reflex, Kolarex, Diar, and four examples of the Kola with different lenses (one described as the 'first model', the only example seen with a folding viewfinder).
- ↑ Diar with Achromat and with Radionar at Kulviecki's Moje Małe Foto-Muzeum (My Little Photo-Museum) - text in Polish with several pictures of each camera.
- ↑ Kola with 5 cm f/3.5 Anastigmat Rekolar, sold at the Photographica 8, on 25 January 2009, by Rahn AG.
- ↑ Kola with 7.5 cm f/4.5 Kolyt and Compur-Rapid shutter, sold at Auction 41 by LP Photoauktioner, on 28 April 2012.
- ↑ Kolar prototype 35-mm camera with 5.5 cm f/4.5 Kolar anastigmat and Koilos shutter, sold at the 24th Westlicht auction, on 23 November 2013.
