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'''Sirio''' (S.I.R.I.O. - Società Industriale Ricerche Innovazioni Ottiche) were an Italian camera manufacturers based in Florence, Italy, and so their cameras were marked "Sirio Firenze".  They made two 35mm models, beginning after the Second World War in 1945, but the company did not last long - estimated at making between 5000 and 7000 cameras altogether<ref>[http://www.mistermondo.com/styled-44/page81/ Mr Mondo website]</ref>. The cameras were outwardly styled on early [[Leica]]s, but with a simple 4-speed + B (1/25-1/200) [[leaf shutter]] and a very basic lens.
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'''Sirio''' (S.I.R.I.O. - Società Industriale Ricerche Innovazioni Ottiche) was an Italian camera manufacturer based in Florence, Italy, and so their cameras were marked "Sirio Firenze".  They made two 35mm models, beginning after the Second World War in 1945, but the company did not last long - estimated at making between 5000 and 7000 cameras altogether<ref>[https://www.mistermondo.com/?camera_category=sirio Sirio page] at [http://www.mistermondo.com/ Mr Mondo website]</ref>. The cameras were outwardly styled on early [[Leica]]s, but with a simple 4-speed + B (1/25-1/200) [[leaf shutter]] and a basic 4cm f/5.6 Sculptor lens.
  
 
* Sirio Elettra I (c.1945)
 
* Sirio Elettra I (c.1945)
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*[https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Sirio-Elettra-II/AI-36-38158 Elettra II] sold at the [https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Cameras/Past-Auctions/Auction-36/ 36th Leitz Photographica Auction], on 13 June 2020.
 
* [http://www.novacon.com.br/odditycameras/sirio.htm Sirio Firenze] at [http://www.novacon.com.br/odditycameras/index.htm Oddity Cameras]
 
* [http://www.novacon.com.br/odditycameras/sirio.htm Sirio Firenze] at [http://www.novacon.com.br/odditycameras/index.htm Oddity Cameras]
 
* [http://www.topgabacho.jp/FI/SIRIO.htm Sirio Elettora II] at  [http://www.topgabacho.jp/FI/ Fotocamere Italiane] (Japanese)
 
* [http://www.topgabacho.jp/FI/SIRIO.htm Sirio Elettora II] at  [http://www.topgabacho.jp/FI/ Fotocamere Italiane] (Japanese)

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Sirio (S.I.R.I.O. - Società Industriale Ricerche Innovazioni Ottiche) was an Italian camera manufacturer based in Florence, Italy, and so their cameras were marked "Sirio Firenze". They made two 35mm models, beginning after the Second World War in 1945, but the company did not last long - estimated at making between 5000 and 7000 cameras altogether[1]. The cameras were outwardly styled on early Leicas, but with a simple 4-speed + B (1/25-1/200) leaf shutter and a basic 4cm f/5.6 Sculptor lens.

  • Sirio Elettra I (c.1945)
  • Sirio Elettra II (c.1946)


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