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| − | + | After Charles Verschoor was ousted from heading the company that built [[Argus]] cameras, the '''Vokar A''' was the first model produced at his new firm, [[Vokar|Electronic Products Mfg. Co.]]. (The company was later and better known for their metal rangefinder [[Vokar I]] of 1946.) | |
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| + | This simple Bakelite folder was introduced in late 1939 or early 1940, and had a couple of unusual features: the bottom-mounted wind knobs, and the "Variocoupled" exposure control. This was apparently a linking of shutter and aperture settings into a primitive manual version of programmed exposure. The camera was not originally identified as "Vokar A"; but this distinguishes it from the later [[Vokar B]] which had metal top & bottom plates. | ||
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| Vokar folder advertised in April, 1940 Popular Photography magazine pg. 96 image by scan courtesy Voxphoto (Image rights) |
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After Charles Verschoor was ousted from heading the company that built Argus cameras, the Vokar A was the first model produced at his new firm, Electronic Products Mfg. Co.. (The company was later and better known for their metal rangefinder Vokar I of 1946.)
This simple Bakelite folder was introduced in late 1939 or early 1940, and had a couple of unusual features: the bottom-mounted wind knobs, and the "Variocoupled" exposure control. This was apparently a linking of shutter and aperture settings into a primitive manual version of programmed exposure. The camera was not originally identified as "Vokar A"; but this distinguishes it from the later Vokar B which had metal top & bottom plates.
