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: Kochmann offered a version of that camera with a lens made in Dresden: Lens: Ludwig Lausa-Dresden ENOLDAR 1:2.9/5cm Aperture: 2.9 to 23	Korelle with Compur shutter
Korelle with Pronto shutter
Probably a cheaper version: Lens: 1:4.5/5cm Friedrich Coronar double anastigmat lens Shutter: Pronto 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)	Imaging samples:

Links

Korelle (3×4) unfolded

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