Bencini Comet

Bencini Comet S image by Rick Soloway (Image rights)

The Bencini Comet cameras were 127 film made in Italy by CMF Bencini from 1948 into the 1950s. They were smaller versions of the Bencini Koroll range. Controls were limited to 1/50 instantaneous or B shutter and a focusing lens. The Comet III was an unusual vertical format camera.

There were various models:

Model	Format	Introduced
Comet	4x4cm	c.1948
Comet II	3x4cm	c.1951
Comet S	3x4	c.1950
Comet Rapid
Comet 3 (Fixed-focus)	3x4cm	c.1953
Comet III focusing	3x4cm	c.1953
Comet 44	4x4cm

The Comet name was reused later for 126 cartridge cameras; see the 126 section of the Bencini page, and still later for 35mm cameras.

Comet II image by AWCam (Image rights)

Comet II Back image by AWCam (Image rights)

Bencini Comet S image by jgs4309976 (Image rights)

Bencini Comet image by Dirk HR Spennemann (Image rights)

Links

rotary shutter of Comet S (video)

• Comet at Sylvain Halgand's www.collection-appareils.fr
• Comet II at Sylvain Halgand's www.collection-appareils.fr
• Comet S and photos taken with it
• Comet III at Sylvain Halgand's www.collection-appareils.fr

• Bencini Comet IIat Au fil des images by J.C.Boussat (in French)
• Scheda Bencini Comet da Bencini Story By Donato Consonni (in italiano)