Swiss-Box
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The Swiss-Box is a metal-bodied viewfinder camera for sixteen 3×4 cm pictures on 127 film. It was made by the Suter company in Basel, Switzerland, in about 1941.[1] It has a focusing lens, scaled to 0.5 metres. It has a simple shutter, with the release lever on the right side of the body; McKeown states that this has to be moved through 90° to throw the shutter.[2] There is a knurled film advance knob, and a reverse-Galilean viewfinder. The camera is painted in crackle-finish, and was made in several colours.
Notes
- ↑ Swiss-Box in black finish, with the name on the body, and with three Liliput cameras, at the All Japan Classic Camera Club.
- ↑ 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). p909.
Links
- Swiss-Box in brown finish, without the name painted on the body, sold in May 2005 at Christie's in London.
