Difference between revisions of "Talk:Navax (127)"

From Camera-wiki.org
Jump to: navigation, search
(Looks *likely* that this is a 6x6 cousin of the 127 camera, though the style is more modern.)
(Some small Internet Traces: new section)
Line 2: Line 2:
  
 
:It doesn't have the style of either the 127 or the 35 mm camera; but it does seem to have a Steiner lens, so maybe the same maker ([[Westfälische Kamera und Apparatebau]] as this one. [http://collectiblend.com/Cameras/Westfalischer-Kamerabau/ Collectiblend] list it under ''Westfalischer Kamerabau'', presumably meant as the same firm, but without a picture or a reference to confrm it. McKeown doesn't list the 66 under any maker. --[[User:Dustin McAmera|Dustin McAmera]] 13:51, 25 February 2012 (PST)
 
:It doesn't have the style of either the 127 or the 35 mm camera; but it does seem to have a Steiner lens, so maybe the same maker ([[Westfälische Kamera und Apparatebau]] as this one. [http://collectiblend.com/Cameras/Westfalischer-Kamerabau/ Collectiblend] list it under ''Westfalischer Kamerabau'', presumably meant as the same firm, but without a picture or a reference to confrm it. McKeown doesn't list the 66 under any maker. --[[User:Dustin McAmera|Dustin McAmera]] 13:51, 25 February 2012 (PST)
 +
 +
== Some small Internet Traces ==
 +
 +
Traces of information regarding Navax cameras can be found here :<br/>
 +
http://photobutmore.de/vintagephoto/filter/Aufsteckdurchmesser.htm
 +
 +
See at filtersize 33 : Navax 6x6 m Steiner 4,5/75, 2,9/75
 +
<br/>And at filtersize 34 : Navax 66
 +
 +
Furthermore in this very interesting document :
 +
http://www.ihagee.org/Pers/Photo-TechnikuW1952-1971.pdf <br/>
 +
On page 6, writing about the Photokina 1952, it is stated that the Westphälische Kamera- und Apparatebau presented improved versions of <b>both</b> Navax models and a new 6x6 camera called the "Knipser".

Revision as of 08:24, 15 February 2015

In this photo we see a camera reportedly called a Navax 66. Is this yet a third Navax camera? Or a variation on this one?--Vox 11:35, 25 February 2012 (PST)

It doesn't have the style of either the 127 or the 35 mm camera; but it does seem to have a Steiner lens, so maybe the same maker (Westfälische Kamera und Apparatebau as this one. Collectiblend list it under Westfalischer Kamerabau, presumably meant as the same firm, but without a picture or a reference to confrm it. McKeown doesn't list the 66 under any maker. --Dustin McAmera 13:51, 25 February 2012 (PST)

Some small Internet Traces

Traces of information regarding Navax cameras can be found here :
http://photobutmore.de/vintagephoto/filter/Aufsteckdurchmesser.htm

See at filtersize 33 : Navax 6x6 m Steiner 4,5/75, 2,9/75
And at filtersize 34 : Navax 66

Furthermore in this very interesting document : http://www.ihagee.org/Pers/Photo-TechnikuW1952-1971.pdf
On page 6, writing about the Photokina 1952, it is stated that the Westphälische Kamera- und Apparatebau presented improved versions of both Navax models and a new 6x6 camera called the "Knipser".