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*[http://candidcamera.free.fr/PHOTAX/modell_p56_BW.jpg P56] and [http://candidcamera.free.fr/PHOTAX/ph_reporter_max_germany.jpg REPORTER MAX] and other Pouva Start variations or copies of HAMA resp. Apparatebau und Kamerafabrik GmbH Monheim at Fotofex [http://candidcamera.free.fr/PHOTAX/mainpage%20photax.htm] | *[http://candidcamera.free.fr/PHOTAX/modell_p56_BW.jpg P56] and [http://candidcamera.free.fr/PHOTAX/ph_reporter_max_germany.jpg REPORTER MAX] and other Pouva Start variations or copies of HAMA resp. Apparatebau und Kamerafabrik GmbH Monheim at Fotofex [http://candidcamera.free.fr/PHOTAX/mainpage%20photax.htm] | ||
* [http://www.optiksammlung.de/Diverse/PouvaStart.html Pouva Start] at Optiksammlung.de [http://www.optiksammlung.de] | * [http://www.optiksammlung.de/Diverse/PouvaStart.html Pouva Start] at Optiksammlung.de [http://www.optiksammlung.de] | ||
| − | * [http:// | + | * [http://www.collectiongeven.com/piwigo/index.php?/category/874 Pouva page] at [http://www.collectiongeven.com/piwigo/ Collection G. Even's site] |
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Revision as of 06:17, 17 November 2015
The Pouva Start is a simple Bakelite camera for square pictures on 120 film, with a screw-out lens and shutter unit. It was a great success for Karl Pouva's little camera factory in Freital near Dresden. With a moderate price of only 16.50 Deutsche Mark (east) it was affordable for the young people. Thus it became a typical beginner's camera in East Germany. Estimated 1.7 million Start were sold. The first model of 1951 (or 1952?) had just a sports finder, its other features were like those of contemporary smart Bakelite cameras: two apertures, modes time and instant (1/30 sec.), screw tube and simple lens (Duplar 1:8, 2 elements in 2 groups). It was licensed by Hungarian and Polish camera makers.
The second Pouva Start version of 1956 was a little smarter, with optical finder and weather symbols for the apertures. The West German Hama distributed a similar bakelite camera, made by Apparatebau und Kamerafabrik in Monheim. This copy, the Hamaphot P56L, had an Original-Tricomat-6.5cm lens, a flash synchronized shutter, and a flash shoe. The Start was also copied by a Brazilian company as the Orwolette (in fact, Novacon states that Indústria Brasileira Fotográfica bought Pouva's moulds).[1]
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| Pouva Start, 1951 by John Kratz (Image rights) |
Pouva Start, 1956 by John Kratz (Image rights) |
Pouva Start, later model by Alf Sigaro (Image rights) |
Hamaphot P56L, 1956 by John Kratz (Image rights) |
Notes
- ↑ Influências no estrangeiro ('Foreign Influence') (2) Alemanha (Germany), part 6 (of 6), at Novacon (text in Portuguese).
Links
- P56 and REPORTER MAX and other Pouva Start variations or copies of HAMA resp. Apparatebau und Kamerafabrik GmbH Monheim at Fotofex [1]
- Pouva Start at Optiksammlung.de [2]
- Pouva page at Collection G. Even's site
