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'''Perfex''' was the brand name used by '''Candid Camera Corporation''' of Chicago, Illinois, founded by Carl and Joseph Price together with Benjamine Edelman. The company focussed on [[35mm]] [[rangefinder camera]]s, but also produced a double 8mm movie camera. Perfex cameras were in production from 1938 through 1950.
 
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'''Perfex''' was the brand name used by '''Candid Camera Corporation''' of Chicago, Illinois, founded by Carl and Joseph Price together with Benjamine Edelman. The company focussed on [[35mm]] [[rangefinder camera]]s, but also produced a double 8mm movie camera. Perfex cameras were in production from 1938 through 1950.
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The first Perfex camera was the 1938 '''Speed Candid'''.  This camera took [[35mm|135 film]], featured a built in extinction [[light meter]], an [[rangefinder (device)|uncoupled rangefinder]], and a cloth [[focal plane shutter]] with speeds up to 1/500 of a second. It had a [[Bakelite]] body, styled like a [[Argus A2F|contemporary Argus]]. It was available with either a f3.5 or f2.8 50mm Graf Perfex Anastigmat lens.
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The '''Forty-Four''' quickly superseded the crude Speed Candid in 1939.  This model featured a much more cleanly styled body, a [[coupled rangefinder]], a [[hot shoe]], and shutter speeds up to 1/1250. This model was replaced by the Fifty-Five in 1940.
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The '''Thirty-Three''' introduced in 1940 was essentially the same camera as the Forty-Four but with blacked out trim, and minus the slow shutter speeds.
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The '''Fifty-Five''' was essentially an updated and further refined version of the Forty-Four. This model survived WWII and was discontinued in 1947.
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The '''de Luxe''' was much the same as the earlier models, but featured a stamped metal body instead of a cast one.
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The '''One-O-One''' and '''One-O-Two''' were introduced in 1948 and featured an f4.5 or f3.5 lens respectively.  They departed from the earlier Perfex models by having non-interchangeable lenses, and [[leaf shutter]]s.  They also lacked the extinction meters that were standard on all previous models. 
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The first Perfex camera was the 1938 '''Speed Candid'''.  This camera took [[35mm|135 film]], featured a built in extinction [[light meter]], an [[rangefinder (device)|uncoupled rangefinder]], and a cloth [[focal plane shutter]] with speeds up to 1/500 of a second. It had a [[Bakelite]] body, styled like a [[Argus A2F|contemporary Argus]]. It was available with either a f3.5 or f2.8 50mm Graf Perfex Anastigmat lens.
 
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The '''Forty-Four''' quickly superseded the crude Speed Candid in 1939.  This model featured a much more cleanly styled body, a [[coupled rangefinder]], a [[hot shoe]], and shutter speeds up to 1/1250. This model was replaced by the Fifty-Five in 1940.
 
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The '''Thirty-Three''' introduced in 1940 was essentially the same camera as the Forty-Four but with blacked out trim, and minus the slow shutter speeds.
 
 
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The '''Fifty-Five''' was essentially an updated and further refined version of the Forty-Four. This model survived WWII and was discontinued in 1947.
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The '''de Luxe''' was much the same as the earlier models, but featured a stamped metal body instead of a cast one.
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The '''One-O-One''' and '''One-O-Two''' were introduced in 1948 and featured an f4.5 or f3.5 lens respectively.  They departed from the earlier Perfex models by having non-interchangeable lenses, and [[leaf shutter]]s.  They also lacked the extinction meters that were standard on all previous models. 
 
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The '''Cee-Ay 35''' was introduced in 1949, but few were made before Perfex sold the design and it became the [[Graflex Ciro 35]].
 
 
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The '''Cee-Ay 35''' was introduced in 1949; but few were made before Perfex sold the design to [[Ciro]] who sold a slightly-modified version as the [[Ciro 35]]. This model continued after Ciro was absorbed by [[Graflex]].
  
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* [http://www.vintagephoto.tv/speedcandid.shtml Speed Candid Review] at [http://www.vintagephoto.tv/ Scott's Photgraphica]
 
* [http://www.vintagephoto.tv/speedcandid.shtml Speed Candid Review] at [http://www.vintagephoto.tv/ Scott's Photgraphica]
 
* [http://www.cameraquest.com/perfex.htm Details of several Perfex models] at [http://www.cameraquest.com/ Cameraquest]
 
* [http://www.cameraquest.com/perfex.htm Details of several Perfex models] at [http://www.cameraquest.com/ Cameraquest]

Revision as of 14:26, 10 June 2011

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Perfex Thirty-Three
image by Rick Soloway (Image rights)

Perfex was the brand name used by Candid Camera Corporation of Chicago, Illinois, founded by Carl and Joseph Price together with Benjamine Edelman. The company focussed on 35mm rangefinder cameras, but also produced a double 8mm movie camera. Perfex cameras were in production from 1938 through 1950.

Perfex Cameras

The first Perfex camera was the 1938 Speed Candid. This camera took 135 film, featured a built in extinction light meter, an uncoupled rangefinder, and a cloth focal plane shutter with speeds up to 1/500 of a second. It had a Bakelite body, styled like a contemporary Argus. It was available with either a f3.5 or f2.8 50mm Graf Perfex Anastigmat lens.

The Forty-Four quickly superseded the crude Speed Candid in 1939. This model featured a much more cleanly styled body, a coupled rangefinder, a hot shoe, and shutter speeds up to 1/1250. This model was replaced by the Fifty-Five in 1940.

The Thirty-Three introduced in 1940 was essentially the same camera as the Forty-Four but with blacked out trim, and minus the slow shutter speeds.

The Fifty-Five was essentially an updated and further refined version of the Forty-Four. This model survived WWII and was discontinued in 1947.

The de Luxe was much the same as the earlier models, but featured a stamped metal body instead of a cast one.

The One-O-One and One-O-Two were introduced in 1948 and featured an f4.5 or f3.5 lens respectively. They departed from the earlier Perfex models by having non-interchangeable lenses, and leaf shutters. They also lacked the extinction meters that were standard on all previous models.

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Perfex Forty-Four as manufactured
image by Rick Oleson (Image rights)
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Perfex Forty-Four, modified to Fifty-Five specification
image by HamWithCam (Image rights)
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Perfex Fifty-Five
image by Graustark (Image rights)
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Perfex de Luxe
image by Rick Soloway (Image rights)


Cee-ay 35

The Cee-Ay 35 was introduced in 1949; but few were made before Perfex sold the design to Ciro who sold a slightly-modified version as the Ciro 35. This model continued after Ciro was absorbed by Graflex.

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Cee-Ay 35
image by Manuel Barriga (Image rights)


Links

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