Reflex-Korelle

The Reflex-Korelle was a reflex camera made by Franz Kochmann, Dresden. It was one of the earliest 6×6cm SLRs. Several camera makers copied it, for example the British company Agilux. Postwar models were named Meister-Korelle or Master Reflex.

Specifications

• Camera Type: SLR
• Manufacturer: Franz Kochmann
• Production Dates: 1935 - c.1945 (Reflex-Korelle) 1947-c.1952 (Meister Korelle/Master Reflex)
• Film Format: 120 roll film (6×6cm exposures)
• Shutter: Cloth focal plane, speeds 1/ sec - 1/1000 sec., later 1/20 - (more realistic) 1/500 sec., last version 2 - 1/1000 sec.
• Viewfinder: waist-level SLR matte screen with magnifier, additional folding frame finder
• Focusing: Lens helicoid

Available Lenses

• F2.8 Carl Zeiss Tessar lens (80mm)
• F2.8 Schneider Xenar lens
• F2.9 Schneider Radionar lens (75mm)
• F3.5 (??) lens

Links

In English:

• Reflex-Korelle section on Retrography.com by Simon Simonsen, Denmark
• Reflex-Korelle at Cosmonet's Classic Camera
• Reflex-Korelle at medfmt
• Reflex Korelle leaflet at Marriott World

In French:

• Reflex Korelle at Mario Groleau's website

In Italian:

• Reflex Korelle at Fotografia negli anni trenta