Roc
ROC without I/B shutter control or strap lugs. image by Peter Kitchingman (Image rights) |
Roc with shutter control and lugs image by Tony Kemplen (Image rights) |
The Roc is a simple viewfinder camera for 36 mm square exposures on 127 film, made by IDAM in about 1951.[1] Some examples of the camera have no exposure controls at all (as in the top picture here); others have an 'I' and 'B' shutter, selected with the knob to the side of the lens in the lower example. Similarly, examples of the camera may have a tripod bush and strap lugs, or not. In either case, the camera has the wide window in the top housing: McKeown states that this holds an extinction-type lightmeter,[1] and it is hard to think of another use for the window, but certainly no optical wedge (or any markings) can be seen in the examples pictured here.[2] The body of the camera is cast in a metal alloy, 'Zamak',[3] its two halves held together with hinged clips of plated metal. It has a sliding metal cover over the red window.
An almost identical camera was sold as the Belco.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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). p421-2.
- ↑ The Brief notes on the Roc at Cameras Downunder also state that there is no extinction meter in that example.
- ↑ Zamak is an alloy containing zinc, aluminium, magnesium, and copper (Kupfer in German).
Links
- Roc at Sylvain Halgand's Collection Appareils