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| − | The '''AK 1/03'''<ref>'AK 1/03' is engraved in the plate on the side (the strap-attachment) of the example sold at Leitz auction. Christie's name the camera 'AK', which obviously stands for 'Aerial-Kamera'. The correct name is unclear.</ref> is an aerial camera made in about 1955 by [[Plaubel]] of Frankfurt. It makes 6x9cm exposures on 120 roll film in a detachable filmholder.<ref name=LPA34>[https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Plaubel-Aerial-Camera-AK-1-03/AI-34-37077 Aerial Camera AK 1/03] serial number 103, sold at the [https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Cameras/Past-Auctions/Auction-34/ 34th Leitz Photographica Auction], in June 2019.</ref><ref name=C>[https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-4141509 Aerial Camera AK] serial number 105, with optical viewfinder mounted, and with yellow and orange filters, sold by [https://www.christies.com Christie's] in 2003. The auctioneer's notes mention 'it is reported' that ''sixty'' units of the camera were made, for the Swedish army.</ref> It has a [[focal-plane shutter]] with speeds 1/20 - 1/1000 second, plus 'T' (marked as such on the speed dial; but perhaps 'B' shutter). The examples seen have a 100mm f/3.5 Anticomar lens. The camera has a frame finder; the rear part folding, the front a simple wire 'set of goalposts' that pulls up. There is also a big shoe on the top left for mounting a Galilean viewfinder, as in the second example linked below. The camera and film-holder are painted with pale green crackle-finish paint. | + | The '''AK 1/03'''<ref>'AK 1/03' is engraved in the plate on the side (the strap-attachment) of the example sold at Leitz auction. Christie's name the camera 'AK', which obviously stands for 'Aerial-Kamera'. The correct name is unclear.</ref> is an aerial camera made in about 1955 by [[Plaubel]] of Frankfurt. It makes 6x9cm exposures on 120 roll film in a detachable filmholder.<ref name=LPA34>[https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Plaubel-Aerial-Camera-AK-1-03/AI-34-37077 Aerial Camera AK 1/03] serial number 103, sold at the [https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Cameras/Past-Auctions/Auction-34/ 34th Leitz Photographica Auction], in June 2019.</ref><ref name=C>[https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-4141509 Aerial Camera AK] serial number 105, with optical viewfinder mounted, and with yellow and orange filters, sold by [https://www.christies.com Christie's] in 2003. The auctioneer's notes mention 'it is reported' that ''sixty'' units of the camera were made, for the Swedish army.</ref> It has a [[focal-plane shutter]] with speeds 1/20 - 1/1000 second, plus 'T' (marked as such on the speed dial; but perhaps 'B' shutter). The examples seen have a 100mm f/3.5 Anticomar lens. The camera has a frame finder; the rear part folding, the front a simple wire 'set of goalposts' that pulls up. There is also a big shoe on the top left for mounting a Galilean viewfinder, as in the second example linked below. The camera and film-holder are painted with pale green crackle-finish paint. The camera has leather hand-straps on each side, and there are some folded brackets either side of the lens which might serve to fasten the camera to a frame in an aircraft. There is a bipost [[flash synchronisation]] terminal on the left side. |
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The AK 1/03[1] is an aerial camera made in about 1955 by Plaubel of Frankfurt. It makes 6x9cm exposures on 120 roll film in a detachable filmholder.[2][3] It has a focal-plane shutter with speeds 1/20 - 1/1000 second, plus 'T' (marked as such on the speed dial; but perhaps 'B' shutter). The examples seen have a 100mm f/3.5 Anticomar lens. The camera has a frame finder; the rear part folding, the front a simple wire 'set of goalposts' that pulls up. There is also a big shoe on the top left for mounting a Galilean viewfinder, as in the second example linked below. The camera and film-holder are painted with pale green crackle-finish paint. The camera has leather hand-straps on each side, and there are some folded brackets either side of the lens which might serve to fasten the camera to a frame in an aircraft. There is a bipost flash synchronisation terminal on the left side.
Notes
- ↑ 'AK 1/03' is engraved in the plate on the side (the strap-attachment) of the example sold at Leitz auction. Christie's name the camera 'AK', which obviously stands for 'Aerial-Kamera'. The correct name is unclear.
- ↑ Aerial Camera AK 1/03 serial number 103, sold at the 34th Leitz Photographica Auction, in June 2019.
- ↑ Aerial Camera AK serial number 105, with optical viewfinder mounted, and with yellow and orange filters, sold by Christie's in 2003. The auctioneer's notes mention 'it is reported' that sixty units of the camera were made, for the Swedish army.
