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* [[Bieka]] (metal-bodied 6x9 cm box camera, as pictured here)<ref name=McK/>
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* [[Bieka]] (metal-bodied 6x9 cm box camera, as pictured here)<ref name=McK/><ref name=CA>[http://www.camerasantigas.com.br/ Cameras Antigas] shows a picture of a Bieka (19th camera from the top, in a very long page, with bright yellow leatherette - perhaps re-covered) and a Tuka (41st picture from the top).</ref>
 
* [[Kapsa]] (plastic-bodied box camera for 6x9 or 4x6 cm on 120 or 620 film)<ref name=McK/>
 
* [[Kapsa]] (plastic-bodied box camera for 6x9 or 4x6 cm on 120 or 620 film)<ref name=McK/>
* Tuka (plastic camera for 127 film. McKeown compares it to the [[Ansco Cadet II]] and III, and suggests Vasconcellos may have acquired the Ansco moulds)<ref name=McK/>
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* Tuka (plastic camera for 127 film. McKeown compares it to the [[Ansco Cadet II]] and III, and suggests Vasconcellos may have acquired the Ansco moulds)<ref name=McK/><ref name=CA/>
 
* [[Flika]] (plastic camera for 6x9 or 4.5x6 cm on 120 film)
 
* [[Flika]] (plastic camera for 6x9 or 4.5x6 cm on 120 film)
  

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D.F. Vasconcellos S.A. (owned by Decio Fernandes de Vasconcellos) was a camera maker in São Paolo, Brazil.[1] The company made cheap and simple cameras. Vasconcellos also produced an 'Optical Set'; a kit of optical components and mountings to allow students to study optics, and construct microscopes, telescopes etc. by assembling the elements.[2]

Cameras

  • Bieka (metal-bodied 6x9 cm box camera, as pictured here)[1][3]
  • Kapsa (plastic-bodied box camera for 6x9 or 4x6 cm on 120 or 620 film)[1]
  • Tuka (plastic camera for 127 film. McKeown compares it to the Ansco Cadet II and III, and suggests Vasconcellos may have acquired the Ansco moulds)[1][3]
  • Flika (plastic camera for 6x9 or 4.5x6 cm on 120 film)


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 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). p944-5.
  2. US Patent 3112570 of 1963, Optical Set, at Espacenet, the patent search facility of the European Patent Office.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Cameras Antigas shows a picture of a Bieka (19th camera from the top, in a very long page, with bright yellow leatherette - perhaps re-covered) and a Tuka (41st picture from the top).