Record Primar

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The Record Primar is a camera for 6.5x9 cm plates or film packs, made by Bentzin between 1927 and 1937.[1] McKeown describes it as a rigid-bodied version of the Fokal-Primar (strut-folding) camera.[1] It is designed for night photography; it has a fixed 9 cm f/1.5 Meyer Plasmat and a focal-plane shutter. According to McKeown, the lens only covers the full format when stopped well down.[1] It has helical focusing. The camera has a folding frame finder (and presumably ground-glass focusing if desired).

Only one surviving example is known to exist.[2] The camera was also sold in Britain by Roth, as the Roth Primar Focal Plane Camera.


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 McKeown, James M. and Joan C. McKeown's Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras, 12th Edition, 2005-2006. USA, Centennial Photo Service, 2004. ISBN 0-931838-40-1 (hardcover). ISBN 0-931838-41-X (softcover). p129.
  2. Record Primar sold at the first Westlicht Photographica Auction, on 15 November 2002.