Neucaflex
The Neucaflex is a 35 mm SLR camera, with 'periscopic' viewfinding, similar to the Periflex (and predating it). The camera was designed and made by Franz Robert Neubert in Jena from 1950. It has a mirror and pentaprism, arranged to give a magnified view of the centre of the frame in the viewfinder for focusing. When the shutter release is pressed slightly, both the mirror and pentaprism swing out of the optical path, and the eyepiece now forms part of a reverse-Galilean finder for framing before exposure.
The camera uses Leica-mount lenses, and its controls (shutter speed selector, film advance and rewind knobs) are similar to those of a Leica. It has shutter speeds 1/20 - 1/1000 second, plus 'B'.
Neubert later moved to Flensburg, where a new camera, the Ucaflex was made.
Links
- Neucaflex with Meyer 58 mm f/1.9 Primoplan, in the highlights of the auction Photographica and Film, 20 March 2010, by Auction Team Breker.
- Neucaflex and Ucaflex at Novacon's 'oddity cameras', with diagrams explaining their operation.
