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A '''pseudo TLR''' is a camera imitating the shape of a [[TLR]], but with no coupling of the taking and viewing lens. The finder is not a true reflex finder with a ground glass indicating the focus, but an oversize [[brilliant finder]]. It is a camera with [[guess focusing]].
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}}''For a list of pseudo TLR cameras, see the [[:Category: Pseudo TLR]].''
  
The pseudo TLR vogue was around the 1950s and 1960s, when the [[Rolleiflex]] was representative of a pro camera.
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A '''pseudo TLR''' is a camera that imitates the look of a [[TLR]] (twin lens reflex). However the viewfinder is not a true [[reflex]] finder, with a [[ground glass]] indicating correct focus; instead it is simply a large [[reflecting type viewfinder]]. The taking lens is typically [[fixed-focus]], but sometimes can be [[guess focusing|scale focused]], with no help from the viewfinder image.
  
Later, the pseudo SLR toy cameras used the same kind of trick, but were usually worse.
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The vogue for these cameras was around the 1950s and 1960s, when the [[Rolleiflex]] was a typical camera for professionals to use. Pseudo TLRs were produced by many companies in the US (e.g. [[Kodak Duaflex]]), Germany (e.g. most Voigtländer [[Brillant]] models), France (e.g. [[Olbia]]), and the United Kingdom (e.g. [[Ensign Ful-Vue]]).
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The pseudo-TLR idea made an unexpected re-appearance in 2008, with the [[Blackbird, fly]], a plastic [[toy camera]] for 35mm film. There is also the [[Bonzart Ampel]], which is not a pseudo-TLR in the same sense; this is two digital cameras combined in one body, each lens having its own sensor, but styled to resemble a TLR camera.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 15:04, 12 May 2014

Glossary Terms

For a list of pseudo TLR cameras, see the Category: Pseudo TLR.

A pseudo TLR is a camera that imitates the look of a TLR (twin lens reflex). However the viewfinder is not a true reflex finder, with a ground glass indicating correct focus; instead it is simply a large reflecting type viewfinder. The taking lens is typically fixed-focus, but sometimes can be scale focused, with no help from the viewfinder image.

The vogue for these cameras was around the 1950s and 1960s, when the Rolleiflex was a typical camera for professionals to use. Pseudo TLRs were produced by many companies in the US (e.g. Kodak Duaflex), Germany (e.g. most Voigtländer Brillant models), France (e.g. Olbia), and the United Kingdom (e.g. Ensign Ful-Vue).

The pseudo-TLR idea made an unexpected re-appearance in 2008, with the Blackbird, fly, a plastic toy camera for 35mm film. There is also the Bonzart Ampel, which is not a pseudo-TLR in the same sense; this is two digital cameras combined in one body, each lens having its own sensor, but styled to resemble a TLR camera.