Ruberg-Futuro
 
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| Ruberg-Futuro images by John Kratz (Image rights) |
The Ruberg-Futuro is a metal-bodied camera with a Bakelite screw-tube lens, made by Ruberg & Renner in Hagen, Germany, c.1933. The camera is fitted with a fix-focus Rodenstock Periskop f/11 lens. The everset shutter has T and I settings only. The Ruberg-Futuro takes 3x4 or 4x6.5cm exposures on 127 film. The top of the camera has a serrated film advance knob on the right and a simple flip-up frame viewfinder. When the helical focussing tube is fully extended, the viewfinder automatically pops up. The body of the camera is smooth and the ends are rounded. Some examples have a red enamel finish.[1]
| German, French & Italian Cameras using 127 film | |||
| G e r m a n y |
3×4 | rigid | Dreivier | Futuro | Gewirette | Kolibri Parvola | Pupille | Ranca | Reporter | Puck |
| folding | Baby Ikonta | Baldi | Dolly | Goldi Gucki | Ingo | Korelle | Makinette Metharette | Perkeo | Vollenda | ||
| 4x4 | Navax | Paxina Electromatic | Rothlar | ||
| 4x6.5 | Bella | Billy | Bob | Dolly | Goldi Gucki | Korelle | Panta | Parvola Piccolette | Rio | Ultrix | ||
| TLR | see German TLRs | ||
| F r a n c e |
3×4 | rigid | Fotobaby | Lynx | Super-Boy |
| folding | Derby-Lux | Elax | ||
| pseudo TLR | Auteuil | Longchamp | ||
| 4×4 | rigid | Impera | Marly | Pari-Fex | Rubi-Fex | Top | |
| 4×6.5 | rigid | Photo-Magic | |
| I t a l y |
3x4 | Comet | Comet III | Cometa | Euralux Ibis | Maxima | Piccolo | Tanit | |
| 4x4 | Comet | Euralux | Ibis | ||
| 4x6.5 & other | Alfa | Delta | Relex | Rolet | Rondine | ||
Name Variants
Observed name variants are
- Ruberg
- Ruberg-Futoro (possibly a branding for the English-language market)
- Hollywood (possibly a branding for the French market[2])
- Hollywood-Duplo [3]
- Witte Kat (for the Dutch market)[4]
Second Model
A second variant exists with a more angular body shape. In addition to name on the shutter face, many examples this variant also carried the name as a small tag affixed to the left front. The round film advance knob has frequently been substituted by a key. Colour variants observed are red and blue. [5] The paint exhibits a distinctive crackle pattern.
Name Variants
Observed name variants are
- Dixie (with knob instead)[6]
- Ruberg (with key[7] and with knob [8])
- Ruberg-Futuro
- Hollywood (possibly for the French market[9])
Notes & References
- ↑ Ruberg-Futuro on pbase.com
- ↑ A camera with French inscriptions on the shutter face (via Flickr)
- ↑ Sylvain Halgand's site
- ↑ 'Witte Kat'=White Cat, possibly branded for a Dutch distributor of batteries Dutch cameras
- ↑ Observed in on-line auctions
- ↑ Ruberg Dixie
- ↑ Seen in an on-line auction
- ↑ Seen in a Spanish on-line auction
- ↑ A camera seen in an on-line auction has French inscriptions on the shutter face
