Spartus Full-Vue
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| image by Inspiredphotos (Image rights) |
The simple Spartus Full-Vue plastic pseudo TLR was made from 1948 to 1960 by American manufacturer Spartus. This model exposes 2¼" square images on 120 film. The lens of its viewfinder is larger in diameter than its taking lens, giving a bright finder image on the hooded matte screen.
The name "Full-Vue" resembles another box camera with big reflecting finder, the British Ful-Vue. There were various designs of face plate and body decoration over the production period. Early examples were made of Bakelite, although later models may have been other plastics.
Links
- Full-Vue imaging samples of Andreas Wolkersdorfer [1]
- Full-Vue and photos taken with it on Westfordcomp.com
- Spartus Manual on Mike Butkus' site
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| Original box image by Bryan Austin (Image rights) |
