Pseudo TLR

Argus Seventy-Five, a pseudo-TLR box camera image by Dirk HR Spennemann (Image rights)

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

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 oversized brilliant finder. It is a camera with guess focusing, or fixed-focus.

The pseudo TLR vogue was around the 1950s and 1960s, when the Rolleiflex was the typical pro camera. They were produced by many manufacturers in the US (e.g. Kodak Duaflex), Germany (e.g. most Voigtländer Brillant models), France (eg 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.