Vokar A

Vokar folder advertised in April, 1940 Popular Photography magazine pg. 96 image by scan courtesy Voxphoto (Image rights)

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The Vokar A was the first camera model produced by 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. Despite the advertisement's mis-statement that the camera made 8 exposures on 120 film, the 6x6 format would imply 12. Popular Photography's 1940 equipment directory listed its specs as, 75mm f/6.3 triplet lens; 1/25 to 1/100 sec. shutter speeds; 3.5 feet to infinity focus range .

The camera was not originally identified as "Vokar A"; but this distinguishes it from the later Vokar B which had metal top & bottom plates.