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The '''Sico''' is a camera for 30×40 mm exposures on unperforated 35 mm film (with a backing paper). It was made by '''Wolfgang Simons & Company''' of Bern, Switzerland, from about 1923.<ref name=McK>{{McKeown12}} p894.</ref>
 
The '''Sico''' is a camera for 30×40 mm exposures on unperforated 35 mm film (with a backing paper). It was made by '''Wolfgang Simons & Company''' of Bern, Switzerland, from about 1923.<ref name=McK>{{McKeown12}} p894.</ref>
  
The camera has a wooden body, and mostly brass fittings. On one side there is a folding [[Viewfinder#Frame finders|frame finder]]. If this side is taken to be the top, then there is a frame-counter on the ''bottom'', which counts to 25 (a circular scale with a rotating arrow pointer). On the back, there is a [[red window]] under a sliding cover; however, the camera seems to have automatic frame-spacing, and the red window of one example sold at Westlicht has been covered permanently.<ref name=W1>[https://westlicht-auction.com/index.php?f=popup&id=44652&_ssl=off#44652 Sico], serial no. 32, sold in the [https://westlicht-auction.com/index.php?id=43182&acat=43182&offset=2&lang=3 November 2005 Westlicht Auction] in Vienna.</ref>
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The camera has a wooden body, and mostly brass fittings. On one side there is a folding [[Viewfinder#Frame finders|frame finder]]. If this side is taken to be the top, then there is a frame-counter on the ''bottom'', which counts to 25 (a circular scale with a rotating arrow pointer). On the back, there is a [[red window]] under a sliding cover; however, the camera seems to have automatic frame-spacing, and the red window of one example sold at Westlicht has been covered permanently.<ref name=W1>[https://westlicht-auction.com/index.php?f=popup&id=44652&_ssl=off#44652 Sico], serial no. 32, sold in the [https://westlicht-auction.com/index.php?id=43182&acat=43182&offset=2&lang=3 November 2005 Westlicht auction] in Vienna.</ref>
  
 
The lens is either a 6 cm f/3.5 Rüdersdorf Anastigmat<ref name=McK></ref> (listings at Westlicht identify the lens as ''Rueo'' anastigmat,<ref name=W1></ref> but this is probably an abbreviation for Ruedersdorf) or an f/6.8 Goerz Dagor double-anastigmat.<ref name=McK></ref> The shutter is a dial-set Compur with speeds 1 - 1/300 second, plus 'B' and 'T', set in a helical focusing mount on the front of the camera.
 
The lens is either a 6 cm f/3.5 Rüdersdorf Anastigmat<ref name=McK></ref> (listings at Westlicht identify the lens as ''Rueo'' anastigmat,<ref name=W1></ref> but this is probably an abbreviation for Ruedersdorf) or an f/6.8 Goerz Dagor double-anastigmat.<ref name=McK></ref> The shutter is a dial-set Compur with speeds 1 - 1/300 second, plus 'B' and 'T', set in a helical focusing mount on the front of the camera.
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==Links==
 
==Links==
* [https://westlicht-auction.com/index.php?f=popup&id=190318&_ssl=off#190318 Sico], serial no. 82, sold at the [https://westlicht-auction.com/index.php?id=185090&acat=185090&offset=2&lang=3 May 2010 Westlicht Auction]. This example has the Rüdersdorf 6 cm f/3.5 lens. The red window is intact. One photograph shows the film chamber; the uptake spool is smaller (and looks a bad fit) so may not be correct.
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* [https://westlicht-auction.com/index.php?f=popup&id=190318&_ssl=off#190318 Sico], serial no. 82, sold at the [https://westlicht-auction.com/index.php?id=185090&acat=185090&offset=2&lang=3 May 2010 Westlicht auction]. This example has the Rüdersdorf 6 cm f/3.5 lens. The red window is intact. One photograph shows the film chamber; the uptake spool is smaller (and looks a bad fit) so may not be correct.
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* [http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?f=popup&id=19969&_ssl=off#19969 Sico], serial number 240, sold at the [http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?id=18893&acat=18893&offset=1&lang=3 May 2004 Westlicht auction].
  
  

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The Sico is a camera for 30×40 mm exposures on unperforated 35 mm film (with a backing paper). It was made by Wolfgang Simons & Company of Bern, Switzerland, from about 1923.[1]

The camera has a wooden body, and mostly brass fittings. On one side there is a folding frame finder. If this side is taken to be the top, then there is a frame-counter on the bottom, which counts to 25 (a circular scale with a rotating arrow pointer). On the back, there is a red window under a sliding cover; however, the camera seems to have automatic frame-spacing, and the red window of one example sold at Westlicht has been covered permanently.[2]

The lens is either a 6 cm f/3.5 Rüdersdorf Anastigmat[1] (listings at Westlicht identify the lens as Rueo anastigmat,[2] but this is probably an abbreviation for Ruedersdorf) or an f/6.8 Goerz Dagor double-anastigmat.[1] The shutter is a dial-set Compur with speeds 1 - 1/300 second, plus 'B' and 'T', set in a helical focusing mount on the front of the camera.

The film is passed between two rather wide spools; with the orientation as described above, the uptake spool is on the left. There is no winding knob: it seems probable that the tab on the left hand end of the camera is the film advance control, pulling a rack to turn the uptake spool by a fixed amount (the wide-centred spools then make sense, in that the length of film taken up by a fixed number of turns will vary less along the film than with a narrower spool). To load the camera, the back detaches, and the top hinges up.


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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 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). p894.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Sico, serial no. 32, sold in the November 2005 Westlicht auction in Vienna.


Links

  • Sico, serial no. 82, sold at the May 2010 Westlicht auction. This example has the Rüdersdorf 6 cm f/3.5 lens. The red window is intact. One photograph shows the film chamber; the uptake spool is smaller (and looks a bad fit) so may not be correct.
  • Sico, serial number 240, sold at the May 2004 Westlicht auction.