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==Links==
 
==Links==
 
*[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]
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* [http://www.optiksammlung.de/Diverse/PouvaStart.html Pouva Start] at Optiksammlung.de [http://www.optiksammlung.de]
 
* [http://photo.even.free.fr/col_app.php?type=pouva&title=Pouva Pouva page] at [http://photo.even.free.fr/ Collection G. Even's site]
 
* [http://photo.even.free.fr/col_app.php?type=pouva&title=Pouva Pouva page] at [http://photo.even.free.fr/ Collection G. Even's site]
  

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The Pouva Start 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.

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Pouva Start, 1951 Pouva Start, 1956 Pouva Start, later model Hamaphot P56L, 1956

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