Korelle (3x4)

The Kochmann Korelle 3×4 camera was a little folding camera for 3×4cm exposure format. Nowadays it reminds us of modern compact cameras despite of it's heavyweight cute metal body which is covered with leather or leatherette. As a viewfinder the camera has two frames which unfold into view-through position by pressing the camera's unfolding button. A version with a little optical viewfinder and an accessory shoe was available. Year of release: 1931 (or 1930?) Manufacturer: Franz Kochmann Film Format: 3×4 cm Type: folder camera with simple two frame viewfinder Shutter: Compur shutter (by F. Deckel, Munich), exposure times 1 sec. down to 1/300 sec. Lens: Schneider-Kreuznach Radionar 1:3.5/5cm Aperture: 3.5 to 16 Dimensions: circa 12 x 7.5 x 4 cm (folded) Weight:	Korelle with Compur shutter and Radionar image by Uwe Kulick (Image rights)
Korelle with Pronto shutter and Coronar image by Dustin McAmera (Image rights)	Korelle folded image by Uwe Kulick (Image rights)
Perhaps a cheaper version: Lens: 1:4.5/5cm Friedrich Coronar double-anastigmat (with unit focusing; necessary since front-element focusing is not possible with this lens) Shutter: Pronto everset shutter: 1/25 - 1/100 second plus B and T, with delayed acton. Aperture: 4.5 to 18 (photo shows scale to f/3.5; scale was engraved both sides, and had been inverted) Kochmann also offered the camera with a Ludwig Lausa-Dresden Enoldar 1:2.9/5cm with aperture 2.9 to 23.

Links

Korelle unfolded image by Uwe Kulick (Image rights)

• Korelle (3×4) at One Two Seven
• Korelle guide book from www.orphancameras.com