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* John Wade has published a book on the camera and its lenses - see [http://www.wrayflex.co.uk www.wrayflex.co.uk] for a copy | * John Wade has published a book on the camera and its lenses - see [http://www.wrayflex.co.uk www.wrayflex.co.uk] for a copy | ||
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* [http://www.marriottcameras.co.uk/instructions/wrayflex/wf_with_pic.htm Wrayflex user manual] at [http://www.marriottcameras.co.uk/ Marriott's World] | * [http://www.marriottcameras.co.uk/instructions/wrayflex/wf_with_pic.htm Wrayflex user manual] at [http://www.marriottcameras.co.uk/ Marriott's World] | ||
* [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/wrayflex/wrayflex.htm instruction manual] PDF manual at Mike Butkus' Orphancameras.com | * [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/wrayflex/wrayflex.htm instruction manual] PDF manual at Mike Butkus' Orphancameras.com | ||
* US patent: "[http://v3.espacenet.com/textdoc?DB=EPODOC&IDX=US2608922&F=0 Reflex camera with curtain shutter]", describes the Wrayflex | * US patent: "[http://v3.espacenet.com/textdoc?DB=EPODOC&IDX=US2608922&F=0 Reflex camera with curtain shutter]", describes the Wrayflex | ||
| + | * [http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/searchresults.aspx?intSaleID=17790 The British Camera 1840-1960 The Jim Barron Collection], Lot 8 | ||
| + | * Wally Morley, 'The Wrayflex' in Photographica World, no. 64, March 1993, pp. 35-37. | ||
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[[Category: 35mm SLR]] | [[Category: 35mm SLR]] | ||
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Revision as of 03:43, 2 March 2011
The Wrayflex was a 35mm SLR made by the British company Wray after World War II. There were two different models, the first had a low profile appearance and used a system of mirrors to provide the reflex viewing image. It used the 24×32 mm format. Sadly this was rather dim compared to the pentaprism used on competitive cameras, and produced a laterally reversed image. The second version had a higher profile top plate and used a pentaprism, and also adopted the universal 24×36mm 35mm format - it was known as the Wrayflex II. Both used the same series of lenses. The cameras used normal 35mm film cassettes. The 24×32 mm format was a problem for slide material films.
List of lenses in Wrayflex mount:
- 35/3.5 Lustrar
- 50/2 Unilite
- 90/4 Lustrar
- 135/4 Lustrar
The Unilite lens design was covered by Patents, later there would be a dispute with Corfield when the latter company introduced their 45mm Lumax f/1.9 lens for the Periflex camera range. Corfield unwittingly had infringed the Wray patent and were obliged to acknowledge this fact.
Links
- John Wade has published a book on the camera and its lenses - see www.wrayflex.co.uk for a copy
- Wrayflex user manual at Marriott's World
- instruction manual PDF manual at Mike Butkus' Orphancameras.com
- US patent: "Reflex camera with curtain shutter", describes the Wrayflex
- The British Camera 1840-1960 The Jim Barron Collection, Lot 8
- Wally Morley, 'The Wrayflex' in Photographica World, no. 64, March 1993, pp. 35-37.
