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The '''Pupille''' is a rigid-bodied 3×4cm camera, made in the 1930s by [[Nagel]] and later [[Kodak AG]]. It makes 16 exposures on [[127 film]], has a big helical mount holding the lens and shutter assembly, and a folding optical finder.
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The '''Pupille''' is a rigid-bodied 3×4cm camera, made in the early 1930s by [[Nagel]] and later [[Kodak AG]]. It makes 16 exposures on [[127 film]], has a big helical mount holding the lens and shutter assembly, and a folding optical finder. With a size of only ca. 97 x 68 x 49 mm it is one of the most compact cameras of its class. It has been describe as the "Queen of the 3x4 cameras, elaborately and imaginatively designed, precisely manufactured"<ref name="Kleinfeld">Volkmar Kleinfeld, in PhotoDeal 108 (1/2020), page 6</ref>. Almost the entire class of 3x4 cameras (see list in below table) made a short appearance on the market from about 1930 to 1934<ref name="Verschwinden">Christoph Batz-Sohn, in PhotoDeal 110 (3/2020), page 4. See also [http://knippsen.blogspot.com/2020/01/das-plotzliche-verschwinden-der-3x4.html Das plötzliche Verschwinden der 3x4 Kameras (in German)]</ref>. Especially the Nagel cameras paved the way for the [[Kodak Retina I]], a camera which introduced the standard 135 cartridge and created its own class of view- and rangefinder cameras, we got so used to.  
  
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* [[Leitz]] Elmar 5cm f:3.5 with Compur 300<ref>Two examples of the Nagel-branded Pupille with 5 cm f/3.5 Elmar lens sold at the [http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?id=64563&acat=64563&lang=3 November 2006 Westlicht Photographica auction] in Vienna: [http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?f=popup&id=65724&_ssl=off#65724 with focus scale in metres] (with rear and base views of the camera), and [http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?f=popup&id=65725&_ssl=off#65725 with focus scale accessory rangefinder both scaled in feet], with leather case and filters.</ref><ref>[http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?f=popup&id=222046&_ssl=off#222046 Kodak-branded Pupille with 5 cm f/3.5 Elmar] (scaled in feet), sold at the [http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?id=215784&acat=215784&lang=3 May 2011 Westlicht auction].</ref>
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* Size and weight: ca. 97 x 68 x (49, 60, 65) mm  (collapsed, infinity, 70cm focus), 397g (Leitz Elmar)
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* [[Schneider]] Xenon 4.5cm f:2 with Compur 300<ref>[http://www.artfact.com/auction-lot/nagel-pupille-no.2333382-1-c-a2d7254228 Pupille with Xenon lens] as a lot in a 2010 LP Foto auction in Stockholm.</ref>
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* Shutter: Fr. Deckel Compur, T-B-1-2-5-10-25-50-100-300
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** [[Leitz]] Elmar 5cm f/3.5<ref>Two examples of the Nagel-branded Pupille with 5 cm f/3.5 Elmar lens sold at the [https://wlpa.auction2000.se/auk/w.ObjectList?inSiteLang=&inC=WLPA&inA=10 tenth Westlicht Photographica auction], in November 2006: [https://wlpa.auction2000.se/auk/w.Object?inC=WLPA&inA=10&inO=201 with focus scale in metres], and [https://wlpa.auction2000.se/auk/w.Object?inC=WLPA&inA=10&inO=202 with both focus scale and accessory rangefinder scaled in feet], with leather case and filters.</ref><ref>[https://wlpa.auction2000.se/auk/w.Object?inC=WLPA&inA=19&inO=560 Kodak-branded Pupille with 5 cm f/3.5 Elmar] (scaled in feet), sold at the [https://wlpa.auction2000.se/auk/w.ObjectList?inSiteLang=&inC=WLPA&inA=19 nineteenth Westlicht auction], in May 2011; several pictures.</ref>
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** [[Schneider]] Xenon 4.5cm f/2<ref>[https://www.lpfoto.se/auk/w.object?inC=LP&inA=20091111_1952&inO=79&inSiteLang=ENGLISH Pupille with Xenon lens] sold at [https://www.lpfoto.se/auk/w.objectlist?inC=LP&inA=20091111_1952&inSiteLang=ENGLISH LP Foto auction 35] on 28 March 2010 in Stockholm.</ref>
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** Schneider Xenar 5cm f/3.5
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The Pupille has two small holes on the top plate, used to attach an external rangefinder made by [[Leitz]], similar to that of the [[Leica Standard]]. Accessory reflex finders were also made, transforming the camera into some sort of [[TLR]]. At least two types were available; one is the '''Megoflex''' by [[Hugo Meyer]], also made for other cameras; the other is pictured below and was made by an unknown manufacturer, perhaps Nagel.
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The Pupille was sold in England by [[R. F. Hunter]] as the '''Rolloroy'''.<ref>[https://wlpa.auction2000.se/auk/w.Object?inC=WLPA&inA=19&inO=561 Rolloroy with 4.5 cm f/2 Xenon lens] (scaled in feet), also sold at the May 2011 Westlicht auction.</ref>
  
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The Pupille was sold in England by [[R. F. Hunter]] as the '''Rolloroy'''.<ref>[http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?f=popup&id=222054&_ssl=off#222054 Rolloroy with 4.5 cm f/2 Xenon lens] (scaled in feet), sold at the [http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?id=215784&acat=215784&lang=3 May 2011 Westlicht auction].</ref>
 
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The '''Ranca''' is a less expensive version of the Pupille, with a front-cell focusing 5 cm f/4.5 Nagel Anastigmat and an [[everset]] shutter.<ref>[http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?f=popup&id=68761#68761 Auction lot of three Ranca cameras] sold at the [http://westlicht-auction.com/index.php?id=64586&acat=64586&lang=3 November 2006 Westlicht auction].</ref>
 
  
  
 
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* [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/nagel/html/nagel_ranca.php Ranca] on [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/francais.php www.collection-appareils.fr] by Sylvain Halgand
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* [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=11590 Ranca] at Sylvain Halgand's [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/francais.php Collection d'Appareils] (in French)
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Revision as of 06:43, 21 August 2021

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Nagel Pupille #90653 from 1931
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The Pupille is a rigid-bodied 3×4cm camera, made in the early 1930s by Nagel and later Kodak AG. It makes 16 exposures on 127 film, has a big helical mount holding the lens and shutter assembly, and a folding optical finder. With a size of only ca. 97 x 68 x 49 mm it is one of the most compact cameras of its class. It has been describe as the "Queen of the 3x4 cameras, elaborately and imaginatively designed, precisely manufactured"[1]. Almost the entire class of 3x4 cameras (see list in below table) made a short appearance on the market from about 1930 to 1934[2]. Especially the Nagel cameras paved the way for the Kodak Retina I, a camera which introduced the standard 135 cartridge and created its own class of view- and rangefinder cameras, we got so used to.

Camera Specifications

  • Size and weight: ca. 97 x 68 x (49, 60, 65) mm (collapsed, infinity, 70cm focus), 397g (Leitz Elmar)
  • Shutter: Fr. Deckel Compur, T-B-1-2-5-10-25-50-100-300
  • The available lens options include:

Special Accessories

The Pupille has two small holes on the top plate, used to attach an external rangefinder made by Leitz, similar to that of the Leica Standard. Accessory reflex finders were also made, transforming the camera into some sort of TLR. At least two types were available; one is the Megoflex by Hugo Meyer, also made for other cameras; the other is pictured below and was made by an unknown manufacturer, perhaps Nagel.

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accessory rangefinder
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accessory reflex finder
Nagel Pupille with special accessories
images by willboy2010 (Image rights)


Other Versions and Names for the camera

The Pupille was sold in England by R. F. Hunter as the Rolloroy.[6]

The Ranca is a less expensive version of the Pupille, with a front-cell focusing 5 cm f/4.5 Nagel Anastigmat and an everset shutter.[7]

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Nagel Ranca: two examples with 5 cm f/4.5 Nagel
Anastigmat and three-speed everset shutters
image by Rick Soloway (Image rights)



Notes

  1. ↑ Volkmar Kleinfeld, in PhotoDeal 108 (1/2020), page 6
  2. ↑ Christoph Batz-Sohn, in PhotoDeal 110 (3/2020), page 4. See also Das plötzliche Verschwinden der 3x4 Kameras (in German)
  3. ↑ Two examples of the Nagel-branded Pupille with 5 cm f/3.5 Elmar lens sold at the tenth Westlicht Photographica auction, in November 2006: with focus scale in metres, and with both focus scale and accessory rangefinder scaled in feet, with leather case and filters.
  4. ↑ Kodak-branded Pupille with 5 cm f/3.5 Elmar (scaled in feet), sold at the nineteenth Westlicht auction, in May 2011; several pictures.
  5. ↑ Pupille with Xenon lens sold at LP Foto auction 35 on 28 March 2010 in Stockholm.
  6. ↑ Rolloroy with 4.5 cm f/2 Xenon lens (scaled in feet), also sold at the May 2011 Westlicht auction.
  7. ↑ Auction lot of three Ranca cameras sold at the November 2006 Westlicht auction.

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Nagel Pupille details and accessories
images by Christoph Batz (Image rights)
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Advertisement for the Pupille and Ranca
in Asahi Camera June 1932.
Scan by rebollo_fr (Image rights)
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Leitz Elmar 5cm lens
image by Geoff Harrisson (Image rights)
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