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|image_text= '''Korelle 3x4''' (1931) w/ [[Schneider-Kreuznach]] 5 cm f/3.5 Xenar
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|image_text= <small>with [[Compur]] shutter  and 5 cm f/2.9 [[Ludwig]] Victar</small>
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The '''Korelle 3&times;4''' camera is a little strut-folding camera made in about 1931 by [[Franz Kochmann|Kochmann]] of Dresden, for 3&times;4cm exposures on 127 film. It has a compact metal body (about 12 x 7.5 x 4 cm), with leatherette covering. The camera was first introduced as the '''Korette''',<ref name=McK>{{McKeown12}} p471.</ref> but was renamed within the first year of manufacture. The name is usually impressed in one of the front panels of leatherette, but is sometimes absent; McKeown shows an example without the impressed Korelle name, and states that the camera was also sold by [[Herlango]] of Vienna, under it's own name.<ref name=McK></ref>

The front of the camera is self-erecting on its struts upon pressing a button on the body. This also releases the folding viewfinder. In most examples seen, this is a simple pair of metal frames; however, McKeown shows an example which appears to have glass in at least the front frame (and so is a [[viewfinder#Newton finder|Newton]] finder).

[[McKeown]] gives a long list of lenses with which the camera was available, including f/3.5 Tessar, f/2.9 or f/3.5 Xenar, f/2.9 Cassar, f/3.5 or f/4.5 Radionar and f/4.5 Trioplan (all of these are 5 cm).<ref name=McK></ref> He refers to a 'no-name' example with an f/4.5 Soetar-Anastigmat; another 'no-name' example is pictured below, with an f/4.5 [[Friedrich]] Coronar double-anastigmat. The camera was also made with [[Ludwig]] Vidar<ref>[http://www.onetwoseven.org.uk/cameras/kochmann/ Korelle (3×4)] with f/4.5 Ludwig Vidar, at [http://www.onetwoseven.org.uk onetwoseven.org.uk]</ref> and Enoldar lenses. Most cameras have front-element focusing, but this is not possible with some of the lenses (such as the Coronar, which is a symmetrical lens), and these cameras have unit focusing, with a large focusing ring behind the shutter. The shutter may be a [[Vario]], [[Pronto]], [[Ibsor]] or a [[Compur]].
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|image_text= Korelle with [[Pronto]] [[everset]] shutter and f/4.5 Coronar
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|image_text= <br/>Korelle folded
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|image_text= Korelle unfolded
|image_by= Uwe Kulick
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|image_text= Korelle 3x4 with [[Compur]] shutter (speeds 1 - 1/300 second,<br/>plus 'B' and 'T') and 5 cm f/3.5 [[Schneider]] Radionar
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==Notes==
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[[Category: German 3x4 viewfinder folding]]
[[Category: 3x4 strut folding]]
[[Category: K]]
[[Category: 1931]]
[[Category:127 film]]
[[Category:Kochmann]]