Turf
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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.[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.
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.
- Turf 40 (1940), a simplified model, and for 6x9-cm exposures. McKeown expresses doubt that this camera was ever made.
Notes
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Turf with folding frame-finder and 7cm f/4.5 Sida Anastigmat, at Kurt Tauber's Deutsches Kameramuseum.
