Wirgin

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Wirgin was a German company which is still known for its brands Edixa and Edinex. They made a line of quite inexpensive 35mm SLRs from the 1950s to the 1970s, including the Edixa Reflex and Edixa-Mat Reflex. They were already active before World War II and had made a small 3x4cm camera using 127 film, the Gewirette.

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They also made the Edinex 35mm viewfinder camera. On the front of the Compur shutter is the name "F. DECKEL-MÜNCHEN". (The company is Friedrich Deckel and they were in Munich.) The lens is a Gewironar 4.5/5cm. The lens also has the name Wirgin Wiesbaden. The collapsible lens goes from 4.5 to 16 and the shutter speeds are 1 second-1/300 plus T and B. On the back is a depth of field chart. There is no date or serial number on the camera but I think it was built in the '30s. I have seen other variations on this camera with different lenses and shutters.

Several other 35mm viewfinder cameras had been made by Wirgin, for example the one visible in the picture at the right side of this page, an Edixa with builtin selenium meter and a lens with selectors for shutter speed, aperture and distance. A further product line were the small cameras for 16mm film.

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An export version of the Reflekta II TLR was sold in the USA under the Wirgin label. (see links)

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