Lupo
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La Fotomeccanica C. Lupo (Carlo Lupo) was a maker of large-format studio cameras in Turin, at least between the 1930s and 1960s. The company also made accessories including enlargers and tripods, until the 1990s when lighting equipment became its main business.[1] Control of the company passed to Carlo Lupo's sons Aldo and Giorgio; the company moved to Collegno (on the outskirts of Turin). The Lupo company (now Lupo SRL) is still in business under a third generation of the family (as of 2024) and now makes mostly LED lighting equipment.[1] Danilo Cecchi states that the firm began operating in 1932,[2] and gives the names of three cameras:
- Victoria (1935) - 13x18cm and 18x24cm (referred to by Cecchi as a 'fotocamera da terrazza', a phrase not found elsewhere: system translation offers only 'terrace camera' or 'patio camera')
- Aldina (1960) - 13x18cm technical camera;[3] Cast front and rear standards in hammered-finish paint or enamel, mounted on two chrome-plated rails; tapered bellows, and short enough to be portable. Appears to offer front rise and shift, front and rear tilt and swing. Circular metal lens-board.
- Studio 7 (1962) - 13x18cm (referred to by Cecchi as the Studio 7 models, in the plural)[2]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lupo website.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 'L'Industria Fotografica Italiana' Part 4, Danilo Cecchi, hosted at Nadir; three-line paragraph about Lupo is close to the bottom of the page.
- ↑ Aldina fitted with 21cm f/4.5 Voigtländer Apo-Lanthar (from a Technika), in a dial-set Compound shutter; offered for sale in an online auction by Oldcam in June 2023.
Links
- This post, LF camera made in Italy - request for information at Photrio, March 2024, includes a couple of photos of a 13x18cm camera; parallel bellows, aluminium standards (actually lacking wooden parts: see the example linked below) racking on two long chrome-plated rails, circular lens-board, and all mounted on a studio stand.
- Another example of the same studio camera, more complete with hardwood standards mounted in metal frames; offered for sale on the Italian 'Subito' classified-advert site in 2024; archived at Internet Archive.
- A search for 'Lupo Aldina' at Flickr gives a handful of portraits taken with an Aldina II by user Evthing45.
- Lupo Lighting at Instagram - photos of the current lighting equipment.
