Makiflex
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Makiflex with Custom Adapters image by Matt Abelson (Image rights) |
The Makiflex is a 9x9 cm, interchangeable lens SLR camera made by Plaubel in 1961.[1][2] Zeiss lenses are available as well as Schneider Xenar lenses in 150mm, 210mm and 360mm. It has a focal-plane shutter with speeds 4 - 1/400 second, plus 'B'. It has rack-and-pinion bellows focusing. It uses a rotating back plate that can mount backs for roll film, sheet film and instant film. Waist-level and eye-level finders are available.
A simplified model, the Makiflex Standard was made a few years later; this model has fewer slow shutter speeds, and does not stop down the lens automatically.[3]
Makiflex with rollfilm back image by eiichi (Image rights) |
Notes
- ↑ Makiflex with 18 cm f/4.5 CZJ Tessar, sold at Christie's in London in September 1999.
- ↑ Makiflex serial no. 303 SM (or perhaps a Makiflex Standard; this example seems to lack one of the dial controls of the camera at Christie's), with lenses on standard and extended lens-plates, offered for sale at the fifth Westlicht Photographica Auction, on 29 May 2004.
- ↑ 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)., p787.