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A 6x9 folding, 120 format camera produced in 1946 by the [[Vokar]] Corporation<ref>[http://wphs-tucson.blogspot.com/2009/06/argus-vershoor-and-vokar.html Western Photographic Historical Society]</ref>. The camera has a plastic body with metal top and bottom plates. Film advance and rewind knobs are on the top plate. Lugs for carry straps are absent, but a single ring is provided on the completely removable back. The cameras is fitted with a 75mm fixed focus [[Meniscus_lens| Meniscus]] lens in a simple Instant and Bulb shutter. | A 6x9 folding, 120 format camera produced in 1946 by the [[Vokar]] Corporation<ref>[http://wphs-tucson.blogspot.com/2009/06/argus-vershoor-and-vokar.html Western Photographic Historical Society]</ref>. The camera has a plastic body with metal top and bottom plates. Film advance and rewind knobs are on the top plate. Lugs for carry straps are absent, but a single ring is provided on the completely removable back. The cameras is fitted with a 75mm fixed focus [[Meniscus_lens| Meniscus]] lens in a simple Instant and Bulb shutter. | ||
| − | The camera was also sold in Germany | + | The camera was also sold in Germany badged as the [[Wirgin]] Junior and is one of the very few US-made but German-badged cameras.<ref>[http://www.cameramanuals.org/pdf_files/wirgin_junior.pdf Manual for the Wirgin Junior at OrphanCameras]</ref> |
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A 6x9 folding, 120 format camera produced in 1946 by the Vokar Corporation[1]. The camera has a plastic body with metal top and bottom plates. Film advance and rewind knobs are on the top plate. Lugs for carry straps are absent, but a single ring is provided on the completely removable back. The cameras is fitted with a 75mm fixed focus Meniscus lens in a simple Instant and Bulb shutter.
The camera was also sold in Germany badged as the Wirgin Junior and is one of the very few US-made but German-badged cameras.[2]
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