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 Steinheil Cassar lens (80mm)
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
- Korelle instruction manual @ www.orphancameras.com
In French:
In Italian: