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[[Emil Wünsche]]'s '''Nymphe''' is a strut folding pocket camera for [[rollfilm]]. It is wooden bodied, with black leather covering and red bellows. It was available for the frame formats 6x8.5cm (model I), 9x12cm (model II) and 9x9cm (model III).<ref name=McK>{{McKeown12}} p1018.</ref> There was also a [[stereo]] model for 9x18cm (model VI). The lenses are Rapid [[Aplanat]] or [[Goerz]] double-anastigmats, without focusing. The camera has a simple 'I' and 'B' shutter, and a folding [[Viewfinder#Newton finder|Newton finder]] on the lens and shutter unit.
  
  
[[Emil Wünsche]]'s Nymphe was a strut folding vest pocket camera for [[rollfilm]], available for the frame formats 6x8cm (model I), 9x12cm (model II) and 9x9cm (model III), or as [[stereo]] variant for the format 9x18cm (model VI). The lenses were periscopic lenses or [[Goerz]] double [[anastigmat]]s.
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* [http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?f=popup&id=9676&_ssl=off#9676 Nymphe], listed by the auctioneer as 6x6 cm, but perhaps the 6x8.5 cm model, sold at the [http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?id=8136&acat=8136&lang=3 November 2003 Westlicht Photographica Auction] in Vienna.</ref>
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Revision as of 23:54, 29 January 2012

Emil Wünsche's Nymphe is a strut folding pocket camera for rollfilm. It is wooden bodied, with black leather covering and red bellows. It was available for the frame formats 6x8.5cm (model I), 9x12cm (model II) and 9x9cm (model III).[1] There was also a stereo model for 9x18cm (model VI). The lenses are Rapid Aplanat or Goerz double-anastigmats, without focusing. The camera has a simple 'I' and 'B' shutter, and a folding Newton finder on the lens and shutter unit.


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  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). p1018.


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