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|image_text= Classic [[bakelite]] camera design, made in France by [[MIOM]]
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|image_text= Classic [[bakelite]] camera design: Photax III (without lens cover)
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The '''Photax''' was a viewfinder camera made of [[bakelite]]. It took 6&times;9cm exposures on type 120 film rolls. The first version was introduced in 1938 by [[MIOM|M.I.O.M.]], a maker of isolation material and casted plastic parts. It was the '''Photax blindé'''. Technical details were kept as simple as possible. The body contained the film spools. Outer parts were the optical viewfinder, the film advance wheel, the opening shifter, the tripod thread, and an uncloseable red exposure counting window. All other functional parts were placed in the lens barrel's front plate, except the cameras most characteristic feature: the lens barrel had to be turned 360 degrees (counter-clockwise) to be screwed out of the camera body into working position. The functional elements in the lens tube's front plate were the [[Boyer]] Serie VIII meniscus lens, the two round aperture masks, a shiftable nib to select one of the two apertures, another shiftable nib to select the shutter speed, the shutter and the tall shutter release button. The 5mm shifting travel of the shutter release button were enough to cock the shutter before exposure. Soon after the Photax blindé the '''Photax II''' was launched. It had a more modern design and a self-timer. Some of the postwar models had a flash cable connector in the lens tube front plate. Model VI finally even got a flash shoe.
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The '''Photax''' is a French viewfinder camera made of [[bakelite]]. It takes 6×9cm exposures on [[rollfilm|roll film]]. The first version &mdash; the '''Photax''' (also sold as '''Camera 77''' and '''Loisirs''') &mdash; was introduced in 1937 by [[MIOM|M.I.O.M.]], a maker of isolation material and cast plastic parts. Six different models were introduced between 1937 and 1960. Starting with the '''Photax II''' model, the cameras were also available as a '''blindé''' variant, with a Bakelite lens cover which protected the lens and shutter release.
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===specifications===
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==Description==
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Technical details were kept as simple as possible. The body contains the film spools and the image frame. Outer parts are the optical [[viewfinder]], the film advance wheel, the opening shifter, the tripod thread, and one or two [[red window|red exposure counting windows]] without covers. All other functional parts are placed in the lens barrel's front plate, except for the camera's most characteristic feature: the lens barrel has to be turned 360 degrees (counter-clockwise) to unscrewed from the camera body out into working position, except in model I on which a metal ring has to be turned for this. The functional elements in the lens tube's front plate are the meniscus lens, the two round aperture masks, a sliding nib to select one of the two apertures, another sliding nib to select the shutter speed, the shutter and the tall shutter release button. The 5mm shifting travel of the shutter release button is enough to cock the shutter before exposure. Some of the postwar models have a flash cable connector in the lens tube front plate. Model VI even has a flash shoe. The image plane is curved to reduce sharpness losses by the lens's curvature of field.
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|image_text= Inside back, on curved film plane:<br>CET APPAREIL EMPLOIE LES BOBINES DE<BR />TOUTES MARQUES DU TYPE "A JOUES RÉDUITES";<BR />IMAGE AU POINT DE 2<sup>M</sup>75 À L'INFINI;<BR />MADE IN FRANCE; MODÈLE DÉPOSÉ
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* Type: viewfinder camera
 
* Type: viewfinder camera
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* Film: Type 120 film rolls
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* Film: Type [[620 film]] rolls (except Photax I: type [[120 film|120]])
 
* Manufacturer: M.I.O.M.
 
* Manufacturer: M.I.O.M.
 
* Viewfinder: Galilei type optical finder (except model VI: frame finder)
 
* Viewfinder: Galilei type optical finder (except model VI: frame finder)
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* Exposure format: 6&times;9, except model VI with format 6&times;6, and model V with both formats
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* Exposure format: 6×9, except model VI with format 6×6, and models I and V, both with both formats
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====Photax blindé====
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====Photax(often classified as Photax I)====
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* Year of launch: 1938
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* Lens: [[Boyer]] Serie VIII meniscus lens
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* Shutter: Guillotine shutter with speeds 1/25 sec., 1/100 sec, or T (meaning B)
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* Year of launch: 1937
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* Lens: [[Boyer]] Serie VII meniscus lens
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* Shutter: Guillotine shutter with two speeds
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====Loisirs====
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* Year of launch: 1937
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* Lens: Radior Serie IX meniscus lens
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* Shutter: Guillotine shutter with two speeds
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====Camera 77====
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* Year of launch: 1937
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* Lens: [[Boyer]] Serie V meniscus lens
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* Shutter: Guillotine shutter with two speeds
 
====Photax II====
 
====Photax II====
 
* Year of launch: 1938
 
* Year of launch: 1938
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* Shutter: Guillotine shutter with two speeds
 
* Shutter: Guillotine shutter with two speeds
 
====Photax III====
 
====Photax III====
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* Year of launch: 1946
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* Lens: [[Boyer]] Serie VIII meniscus lens
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* Shutter: Guillotine shutter with speeds 1/25 sec., 1/100 sec, or B
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* Year of launch: 1947
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* Lens: [[Boyer]] Serie VIII meniscus lens, distances 2.75 metres to infinity
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* Shutter: Guillotine shutter with speeds 1/25 sec., 1/100 sec, or T (meaning B)
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====Photax IV====
 
====Photax IV====
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* Year of launch: 1946
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* Year of launch: 1951
 
* Lens: [[Boyer]] Rexar meniscus lens
 
* Lens: [[Boyer]] Rexar meniscus lens
 
* Shutter: Guillotine shutter with speeds 1/25 sec., 1/100 sec, or B
 
* Shutter: Guillotine shutter with speeds 1/25 sec., 1/100 sec, or B
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====Photax III VA====
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* Year of launch: 1955
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* Lens: [[Boyer]] Serie VIII meniscus lens, distances 2.75 metres to infinity
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* Shutter: RIM shutter with speeds 1/25 sec., 1/100 sec, or B; now with [[cable release]] socket
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====Photax IV F====
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* Year of launch: 1951
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* Lens: [[Boyer]] Rexar meniscus lens
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* Shutter: RIM shutter with speeds 1/25 sec., 1/100 sec, or B, [[flash sync]]hronized
 
====Photax V====
 
====Photax V====
 
* Year of launch: 1956
 
* Year of launch: 1956
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* Lens: [[Angénieux]] Heanar Type 5 lens
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* Lens: [[Angénieux]] Heanar Type V lens
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* Shutter: Guillotine shutter with speeds 1/25 sec., 1/100 sec, or B synch.
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* Shutter: RIM shutter with speeds 1/25 sec., 1/100 sec, or B, flash-synchronized
 
====Photax VI====
 
====Photax VI====
 
* Year of launch: 1960
 
* Year of launch: 1960
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* Lens: [[Angénieux]] Heanar Type 5 lens
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* Lens: [[Angénieux]] Heanar Type VI lens
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* Shutter: Guillotine shutter with speeds 1/25 sec., 1/100 sec, or B synch.
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* Shutter: RIM shutter with speeds 1/25 sec., 1/100 sec, or B, flash-synchronized
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==Links==
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In French :
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* [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/listeM_imagettes.php#Miom Cameras and User manuals] on [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/francais.php www.collection-appareils.fr] by Sylvain Halgand
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* [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=1040 Photax], [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=800 Loisirs], [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=950 Photax II], [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=8 Photax III], [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=559 Photax IV F], [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=914 Photax VI] on [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/francais.php www.collection-appareils.fr] by Sylvain Halgand
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==Bibliography==
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MIOM Photax by L. Gratté, R. Boissier, J. Charrat and [http://www.collection-appareils.fr S. Halgand] Ed. by Club Niepce Lumiere
  
 
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Revision as of 11:33, 14 November 2017

385038419_f772d84b16.jpg
Classic bakelite camera design: Photax III (without lens cover)
image by Uwe Kulick (Image rights)
2643368206_2ed0095136_m.jpg
Capot Blindé in place
image by AWCam (Image rights)


The Photax is a French viewfinder camera made of bakelite. It takes 6×9cm exposures on roll film. The first version — the Photax (also sold as Camera 77 and Loisirs) — was introduced in 1937 by M.I.O.M., a maker of isolation material and cast plastic parts. Six different models were introduced between 1937 and 1960. Starting with the Photax II model, the cameras were also available as a blindé variant, with a Bakelite lens cover which protected the lens and shutter release.

Description

Technical details were kept as simple as possible. The body contains the film spools and the image frame. Outer parts are the optical viewfinder, the film advance wheel, the opening shifter, the tripod thread, and one or two red exposure counting windows without covers. All other functional parts are placed in the lens barrel's front plate, except for the camera's most characteristic feature: the lens barrel has to be turned 360 degrees (counter-clockwise) to unscrewed from the camera body out into working position, except in model I on which a metal ring has to be turned for this. The functional elements in the lens tube's front plate are the meniscus lens, the two round aperture masks, a sliding nib to select one of the two apertures, another sliding nib to select the shutter speed, the shutter and the tall shutter release button. The 5mm shifting travel of the shutter release button is enough to cock the shutter before exposure. Some of the postwar models have a flash cable connector in the lens tube front plate. Model VI even has a flash shoe. The image plane is curved to reduce sharpness losses by the lens's curvature of field.

specifications

2642540343_863520094f_m.jpg
Inside back, on curved film plane:
CET APPAREIL EMPLOIE LES BOBINES DE
TOUTES MARQUES DU TYPE "A JOUES RÉDUITES";
IMAGE AU POINT DE 2M75 À L'INFINI;
MADE IN FRANCE; MODÈLE DÉPOSÉ
image by AWCam (Image rights)
  • Type: viewfinder camera
  • Film: Type 620 film rolls (except Photax I: type 120)
  • Manufacturer: M.I.O.M.
  • Viewfinder: Galilei type optical finder (except model VI: frame finder)
  • Exposure format: 6×9, except model VI with format 6×6, and models I and V, both with both formats

Photax(often classified as Photax I)

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image by Hans Jan Dürr (Image rights)
  • Year of launch: 1937
  • Lens: Boyer Serie VII meniscus lens
  • Shutter: Guillotine shutter with two speeds

Loisirs

  • Year of launch: 1937
  • Lens: Radior Serie IX meniscus lens
  • Shutter: Guillotine shutter with two speeds

Camera 77

  • Year of launch: 1937
  • Lens: Boyer Serie V meniscus lens
  • Shutter: Guillotine shutter with two speeds

Photax II

  • Year of launch: 1938
  • Lens: Boyer Serie VIII meniscus lens
  • Shutter: Guillotine shutter with two speeds

Photax III

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1947 Blindé model
image by AWCam (Image rights)
  • Year of launch: 1947
  • Lens: Boyer Serie VIII meniscus lens, distances 2.75 metres to infinity
  • Shutter: Guillotine shutter with speeds 1/25 sec., 1/100 sec, or T (meaning B)

Photax IV

  • Year of launch: 1951
  • Lens: Boyer Rexar meniscus lens
  • Shutter: Guillotine shutter with speeds 1/25 sec., 1/100 sec, or B

Photax III VA

  • Year of launch: 1955
  • Lens: Boyer Serie VIII meniscus lens, distances 2.75 metres to infinity
  • Shutter: RIM shutter with speeds 1/25 sec., 1/100 sec, or B; now with cable release socket

Photax IV F

  • Year of launch: 1951
  • Lens: Boyer Rexar meniscus lens
  • Shutter: RIM shutter with speeds 1/25 sec., 1/100 sec, or B, flash synchronized

Photax V

  • Year of launch: 1956
  • Lens: Angénieux Heanar Type V lens
  • Shutter: RIM shutter with speeds 1/25 sec., 1/100 sec, or B, flash-synchronized

Photax VI

  • Year of launch: 1960
  • Lens: Angénieux Heanar Type VI lens
  • Shutter: RIM shutter with speeds 1/25 sec., 1/100 sec, or B, flash-synchronized

Links

In French :

Bibliography

MIOM Photax by L. Gratté, R. Boissier, J. Charrat and S. Halgand Ed. by Club Niepce Lumiere

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