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The '''Turf''' is a bakelite-bodied folding camera for 4.5x6-cm exposures on special roll-film. It was made by [[Sida GmbH]] of Berlin, in about 1938.<ref name=McK>{{McKeown12}} p 438-9.</ref> By this time the company was no longer owned by Kaftanski. The camera bears no similarity at all to the [[Sida]] itself (other than the use of bakelite, as in some versions of the Sida). It is moulded with slim ribs along the body to give an elegant 'streamline moderne' style, and has a much better lens, with an iris diaphragm and variable-speed shutter.
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The '''Turf''' is a bakelite-bodied folding camera for 4.5x6cm exposures on special roll-film. It was made by [[Sida GmbH]] of Berlin, in about 1938.<ref name=McK>{{McKeown12}} p 438-9.</ref> By this time the company was no longer owned by Kaftanski. The camera bears no similarity at all to the [[Sida]] itself (other than the use of bakelite, as in some versions of the Sida). It is moulded with slim ribs along the body to give an elegant 'streamline moderne' style, and has a much better lens, with an iris diaphragm and variable-speed shutter. This is a 7.5cm Sida Anastigmat in the early model, either an f/3.5 or f/4.5, and a 7cm Turf Extra Anastigmat, again either f/3.5 or f/4.5, in the later Turf Extra.
  
 
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*'''Turf''' (1938), with a folding metal frame-finder.<ref name=T>[http://www.kameramuseum.de/0-fotokameras/sida/turf-klappsucher.html Turf] with folding frame-finder and 7cm f/4.5 Sida Anastigmat, at Kurt Tauber's [http://www.kameramuseum.de/titelseite.htm Deutsches Kameramuseum].</ref>
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*'''Turf''' (1938), with a folding metal frame-finder.<ref name=T>[http://www.kameramuseum.de/0-fotokameras/sida/turf-klappsucher.html Turf] with folding frame-finder and 7.5cm f/4.5 Sida Anastigmat, at Kurt Tauber's [http://www.kameramuseum.de/titelseite.htm Deutsches Kameramuseum].</ref>
*'''Turf Extra''' (about 1939), with a reverse-Galilean finder moulded into the body.
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*'''Turf Extra''' (about 1939), with a reverse-Galilean finder moulded into the body.<ref name=CA1>[http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/appareil-4418.html Turf Extra] with reverse-Galilean finder set in the body, and with 7cm f/4.5 Turf Extra Anastigmat, at [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/carrousel/html/index.php Collection Appareils].</ref>
 
*'''Turf 40''' (1940), a simplified model, and for 6x9-cm exposures. McKeown expresses doubt that this camera was ever made.
 
*'''Turf 40''' (1940), a simplified model, and for 6x9-cm exposures. McKeown expresses doubt that this camera was ever made.
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''Collection Appareils'' shows two cameras which do not seem to fit into this classification:
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* A camera with a folding [[Viewfinder#Newton finder|Newton finder]] (that is, a single negative lens, with a pointer behind to help in aiming; more typical of older cameras, perhaps 1910), with an f/3.5 Turf Extra Anastigmat.<ref name=CA2>[http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/appareil-4417.html Turf] camera (Turf body, with folding Newton finder and f/3.5 Turf Extra Anastigmat), also at ''Collection Appareils''.</ref> It is possible this camera was assembled from available parts during a time of material shortage.
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* A ''metal''-bodied folder for ''square-format'' pictures, with a 7.5cm f/3.5 Sida Anastigmat.<ref name=CA3>[http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/appareil-4798.html Camera with 7.5cm Sida Anastigmat] but metal folding body for 6x6cm exposures, also at ''Collection Appareils''.</ref> Only the lens is identified, and it seems very likely that the body is not by Sida, and the lens and shutter have been transferred to it by a user.
  
  
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Revision as of 13:13, 26 February 2016

The Turf is a bakelite-bodied folding camera for 4.5x6cm exposures on special roll-film. It was made by Sida GmbH of Berlin, in about 1938.[1] By this time the company was no longer owned by Kaftanski. The camera bears no similarity at all to the Sida itself (other than the use of bakelite, as in some versions of the Sida). It is moulded with slim ribs along the body to give an elegant 'streamline moderne' style, and has a much better lens, with an iris diaphragm and variable-speed shutter. This is a 7.5cm Sida Anastigmat in the early model, either an f/3.5 or f/4.5, and a 7cm Turf Extra Anastigmat, again either f/3.5 or f/4.5, in the later Turf Extra.

McKeown identifies three models:[1]

  • Turf (1938), with a folding metal frame-finder.[2]
  • Turf Extra (about 1939), with a reverse-Galilean finder moulded into the body.[3]
  • Turf 40 (1940), a simplified model, and for 6x9-cm exposures. McKeown expresses doubt that this camera was ever made.


Collection Appareils shows two cameras which do not seem to fit into this classification:

  • A camera with a folding Newton finder (that is, a single negative lens, with a pointer behind to help in aiming; more typical of older cameras, perhaps 1910), with an f/3.5 Turf Extra Anastigmat.[4] It is possible this camera was assembled from available parts during a time of material shortage.
  • A metal-bodied folder for square-format pictures, with a 7.5cm f/3.5 Sida Anastigmat.[5] Only the lens is identified, and it seems very likely that the body is not by Sida, and the lens and shutter have been transferred to it by a user.


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 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). p 438-9.
  2. Turf with folding frame-finder and 7.5cm f/4.5 Sida Anastigmat, at Kurt Tauber's Deutsches Kameramuseum.
  3. Turf Extra with reverse-Galilean finder set in the body, and with 7cm f/4.5 Turf Extra Anastigmat, at Collection Appareils.
  4. Turf camera (Turf body, with folding Newton finder and f/3.5 Turf Extra Anastigmat), also at Collection Appareils.
  5. Camera with 7.5cm Sida Anastigmat but metal folding body for 6x6cm exposures, also at Collection Appareils.