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| Mimosa II, Meritar f/2.9 50mm lens, Velax shutter image by Klara Keler (Image rights) |
This compact, yet boxy 35mm viewfinder camera was the sole camera produced by Mimosa of Dresden, Germany. The original version of 1948 had a fold-up viewfinder on top of the camera; but the Mimosa II introduced in 1949 incorporated the finder into the camera body.
Versions
- Mimosa I (1948)
- 5 cm 1:2.9 Meyer Trioplan, Ludwig Meritar or Victar lens
- Scale focus using lens front element
- Compur-Rapid, Prontor II, or Stelo shutter
- black back-release lever
- Mimosa II (1949)
- 5 cm 1:2.9 Meyer Trioplan, Ludwig Meritar lens
- Scale focus using lens front element
- Mimosa Velax or Prontor-S shutter
- black back-release lever
- Mimosa II (1951)
Sources
- Page 671, 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).
- Geschichte der Dresdner Fotoindustrie, Herbert Blumtritt (Stuttgart 2001).
| Camera industry in Dresden |
| Balda | Certo | Eho-Altissa | Eichapfel | Ernemann | Feinmess | Heyde | Hamaphot | Huth | Hüttig | ICA | Ihagee | Kochmann | Kerman | KW | Eugen Loeber | Ludwig | Mentor | Merkel | Meyer | Mimosa | Pentacon | Richter | Sommer | Stübiger | Unger & Hoffmann | Werner | Wünsche | Zeiss Ikon | Zeh |
| Camera distributors in Dresden |
| Stöckig |
| Camera industry in Freital |
| Beier | Pouva | Stein & Binnewerg | Thowe | Welta |
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| Mimosa II with helical focusing mount image by Alf Sigaro (Image rights) |
