Luxia
The Luxia and Luxia II are half-frame cameras for 35 mm film, made in about 1949 by Construzioni Ottico Meccaniche Italiana (COMI) of Rome.[1] The cameras are small and quite elegant. McKeown lists three finishes in which the cameras occur: top, bottom and front plates can be in chrome finish, with either black or coloured reptile leather elsewhere, or there is a version in gold finish with coloured leather.[1]
The camera has a fixed 27 mm f/2.9 Delmäk lens, with helical focusing down to 0.7 metre.[2] The shutter is in the lens, and has speeds 1/25 - 1/250 second, plus 'P' ('B' shutter). It is not synchronised for flash. There is a depth-of-field calculator on the bottom plate. On the top plate are the film advance knob, frame counter, and shutter release plunger. There is also a reverse-Galilean viewfinder.
Film is loaded in special, compact cassettes. The back of the camera is removed for loading.[2]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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). p209.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Luxia II in chrome-and-black finish, sold at the 23rd Westlicht Photographica Auction, on 25 May 2013.
