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'''Regula''' is the camera brand of the German firm [[King]] between the 1950s and 1980s, they were widely exported all over the world, designed to be well built and affordable consumer cameras. There are a vast range of models and variations on those models. There were 3 major design styles in the 1950's with the I, II and III series of models all being quite distinct from each other. By the 1960's the models all look roughly similar with some cosmetic and feature variations here and there, rumor has it this was done to save money by using up spare parts left over from other model's production runs. After a costly lawsuit which they lost in the late 1960's King redesigned their models to be made cheaper and the quality of the cameras took a sharp downturn. King limped on through the 1970's and early 1980's until declaring bankruptcy in 1984.
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== King Regula models ==
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'''Regula''' is the own camera brand name of the German firm [[King]] in the 1950s and 1960s.
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== 1950's ==
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!<h2>1950s</h2>
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* Regula I/IC.a/IP/[[Regula IP.a]]/ST
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<u>First Generation Models</u>
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* [[Regula II]]
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* [[Regula I Models]]
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** I
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** I-A to I-P
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** II & II ST
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** III
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<u>Second Generation Models</u>
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* Regula IC.a
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* [[Regula IP.a]]
 
* [[Regula IIa]]
 
* [[Regula IIa]]
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* [[Regula IIb]]
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* Regula ID
 
* [[Regula IId]]
 
* [[Regula IId]]
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* [[Regula Cita|Regula Cita/Regula Citalux 300]]
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* [[Regula Cita|Regula Cita]]
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* [[Regula III Series|Regula III Series (IIIa/IIIb/IIIc/IIId/Cita III/RM/R)]]
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* [[Regula Cita#Regula Citalux 300|Regula Citalux 300]]
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* [[Regula L|Regula L/LE]]
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<u>Third Generation Models</u>
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* Regula VF
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* [[Regula III series|Regula III series]]
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* [[Regula Sprint|Sprint]]
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** [[Regula III series#Regula IIIa|Regula IIIa]] & [[Regula III series#Regula IIIb|IIIb]]
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* Sprintic
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** [[Regula III series#Regula IIIc|Regula IIIc]] & [[Regula III series#Regula IIId|IIId]]
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* Olympia I/III
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*** [[King Regula Rangefinder Lenses|Regula RF Lenses]]
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* [[Olympia Auto-Set I/II]]
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** [[Regula III series#Regula Cita III|Cita III]], [[Regula III series#Regula RM|RM]] & [[Regula III series#Regula R|R]]
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== 1960's ==
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* [[Regula L]]
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* [[Olymatic IA]]
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* [[Regula L#Regula LE|Regula LE]]
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* [[regula Sprinty|Regula Sprinty Series (Sprinty/B/C/BC 300/CC 300)]]
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* Regula LK Automatic
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* Sprintic C
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* Sprintomatic/Sprintomatic S
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* [[Regula Super|Regula Super/Regula Super Automatic]]
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* Regula LKB
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!<h2>1960s</h2>
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* Rapid
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* [[Regula Super]] & [[Regula Super#Regula Super Automatic|Super Automatic]]
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* Rapid SL/SE
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** [[King Regula Rangefinder Lenses|Regula Rangefinder Lenses]]
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* Rangefinder Regula Rapid
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* [[Regula Sprint]] models
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** [[Regula Sprint#Regula Sprint|Sprint]]
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** [[Regula Sprint#Regula Sprintic|Sprintic]]
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** [[Regula Sprint#Regula Sprintomatic|Sprintomatic]]
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** [[Regula Sprint#Regula Sprintomatic S|Sprintomatic S]]
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* [[Regula Sprinty]] models
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** [[Regula Sprinty|Sprinty]] & [[Regula Sprinty#Sprinty B|Sprinty B]]
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** [[Regula Sprinty#Sprinty C|Sprinty C]] & [[Regula Sprinty#Sprinty BC|Sprinty BC]]
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** [[Regula Sprinty#Sprinty C 300|Sprinty C 300]], [[Regula Sprinty#Sprinty BC 300|BC 300]] & [[Regula Sprinty#Sprinty CC 300|CC 300]]
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** [[Regula Sprinty#Sprintic C|Sprintic C]]
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** [[Regula Sprinty#Sprinty LK 300|Sprinty LK 300]]
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* [[Regulette|Regulette 125/250SB/300SB]]
 
* [[Regulette|Regulette 125/250SB/300SB]]
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== 1970's ==
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* [[Regula LKB]]
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* [[Regula Picca C/CB]]
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* [[Regula Rotor-S]]
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* Regula [[Olymatic IA]]
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== 1980's ==
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* Regula Olympia I, II, III & IV
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* [[Regula Olympia Auto-Set|Regula Olympia Auto-Set I, II & III]]
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* Regula Electronic 35
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* [[Regula Diplomat C]] ([[126 film]])
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* Regula Rapid models ([[SL System|SL film]])
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** Rapid
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** Rapid SL/SE
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** Rangefinder Regula Rapid
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* [[Regula Reflex 2000 CTL]] (SLR)
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!<h2>1970s</h2>
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* [[Regula Picca|Regula Picca models]]
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** Picca C, CB, CBS & CLK
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** Rotor-S
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* [[Regula Insta-King]] ([[126 film]])
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* Regula Miniking LK
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* [[Regula 118]]
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* Regula 218LE Eletronic
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* Regula 418LE
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* [[Regula 430]]
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* [[Regula 510 Tele]]
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!<h2>1980s</h2>
 
* Regula Disc Camera
 
* Regula Disc Camera
 
* Regula AF-X
 
* Regula AF-X
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* Regula Sprint QT-One
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* Regula ME
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==Links==
 
==Links==
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* [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/listeQ_imagettes.php#Regula Regula cameras and user manuals] on [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/francais.php www.collection-appareils.fr] by Sylvain Halgand
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040407082239/http://www.mwclassic.com/articles/irregular_regulas/irregular_regulas.htm Irregular Regulas] (archived) by Helen Smith
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* [http://photo.even.free.fr/col_app.php?type=regula Regula models] at [http://photo.even.free.fr/ Collection G. Even]
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* [https://cameracollector.net/king-regula-camera-list/ King Regula camera list] at [https://cameracollector.net/ cameracollector.net]
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* [http://www.photo-manuals.com?ref=6 Regula Camera Manuals : Photo-Manuals.com] by Ben Squire
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* [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/listeQ_imagettes.php#Regula Regula cameras and user manuals] on [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/francais.php www.collection-appareils.fr] by Sylvain Halgand (in French)
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* [http://www.mwclassic.com/articles/irregular_regulas/irregular_regulas.htm Irregular Regulas] by Helen Smith
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* [http://www.collectiongeven.com/piwigo/index.php?/category/53 Regula models] at [http://www.collectiongeven.com/piwigo/ Collection G. Even] (in French)
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* [http://www.photo-manuals.com/manual/king/film-compact-camera Regula Camera Manuals : Photo-Manuals.com]
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* [https://www.butkus.org/chinon/regula/regula_guide/regula_guide.htm PDF Regula guide to several models] at [https://www.butkus.org/chinon/index.html OrphanCameras.com]
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* [https://www.butkus.org/chinon/regula/regula_l/regula_l.htm Regula L PDF manual] at [https://www.butkus.org/chinon/index.html OrphanCameras.com]
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* [https://www.butkus.org/chinon/regula/regula_sprinty/regula_sprinty.htm Regula Sprinty PDF manual] at [https://www.butkus.org/chinon/index.html OrphanCameras.com]
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* [https://www.butkus.org/chinon/regula/regula_iii-b_cita_iii/regula_iii-b_cita_iii.htm Regula IIIb / CITA III (English - German) PDF manual] at [https://www.butkus.org/chinon/index.html OrphanCameras.com]
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* [https://www.butkus.org/chinon/regula/regula_regulette/regula_regulette.htm Regula Regulette PDF manual] at [https://www.butkus.org/chinon/index.html OrphanCameras.com]
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* [https://www.butkus.org/chinon/regula/regula_super/regula_super.htm Regula Super PDF manual] at [https://www.butkus.org/chinon/index.html OrphanCameras.com]
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* [https://www.butkus.org/chinon/regula/regula_iii-bk/regula_iii-bk.htm Regula III-bk PDF manual] at [https://www.butkus.org/chinon/index.html OrphanCameras.com]
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* [https://www.butkus.org/chinon/regula/regula/regula.htm Regula PDF manual] at [https://www.butkus.org/chinon/index.html OrphanCameras.com]
  
 
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[[Category: Regula]]
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Latest revision as of 11:32, 13 March 2024

Regula is the camera brand of the German firm King between the 1950s and 1980s, they were widely exported all over the world, designed to be well built and affordable consumer cameras. There are a vast range of models and variations on those models. There were 3 major design styles in the 1950's with the I, II and III series of models all being quite distinct from each other. By the 1960's the models all look roughly similar with some cosmetic and feature variations here and there, rumor has it this was done to save money by using up spare parts left over from other model's production runs. After a costly lawsuit which they lost in the late 1960's King redesigned their models to be made cheaper and the quality of the cameras took a sharp downturn. King limped on through the 1970's and early 1980's until declaring bankruptcy in 1984.

King Regula models

5455517901_09303758c1_m.jpg
Regula IP.a
image by Morinaka. (Image rights)
4465547118_3345dd101a_m.jpg
Regula IIId
image by Morinaka. (Image rights)
4384448035_2f6d696fd0_m.jpg
Regula Sprinty C
image by Morinaka. (Image rights)

1950s

First Generation Models

Second Generation Models

Third Generation Models

1960s

  • Regula Electronic 35

1970s

1980s

  • Regula Disc Camera
  • Regula AF-X
  • Regula Sprint QT-One
  • Regula ME



Links

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