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The '''Mithra 47''' is a metal-bodied box camera for 6&times;9 cm exposures on 120 film, made in 1947 in Switzerland. It ''may'' have been made by Agfa Schweiz (Agfa Switzerland);<ref name=KM>Basic details and more pictures of the Mithra 47 formerly published by [http://www.kameramuseum.ch/ Kameramuseum.ch]; a comment by Walter Boeniger states that the camera was made by Agfa Schweiz, and that he owns red and green examples of it.</ref> however, McKeown lists it and one earlier model (the simpler and squarer Mithra 46, from 1946) under 'Mithra', with no company details,<ref name =McK>{{McKeown12}} p692.</ref> and it would be unusual for Agfa to have produced a camera without the company name. It has an achromat lens (i.e. two elements, to reduce chromatic aberration relative to a simple meniscus), and 'I' and 'B' shutter, selected by a pull-tab below the shutter release. It has two aperture settings, f/8 and f/11 (the lever above the shutter release).<ref name=Halgand>[http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=11575 Mithra 47] in Sylvain Halgand's [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/ Collection d'Appareils] (in French)</ref> The [[brilliant finder]] rotates (by twisting the knurled surround of the front lens) for use in portrait and landscape orientation. The camera has no tripod bush.

It was available in more than one colour.<ref name=KM></ref>
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[[Category: 6x9 box]]
[[Category: 120 film]]
[[Category: Switzerland]]
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