Bencini Koroll Marine

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The Koroll Marine is an underwater camera for 35mm film, made by Bencini in the 1970s.[1] It is in fact a Bencini Comet 335 with no viewfinder, and with the controls modified to allow them to be operated through a marine housing. The housing is made in two cast-metal parts, fastened together with spring clips and sealed with a rubber o-ring. It is finished in orange enamel paint. The lens is a 50mm f/2.8 Color Bluestar, focusing down to 1.2m with a knob on the housing above the lens port. Three close-up lenses, which screw into the front of the housing, were available for closer focus.[2] It has shutter speeds 1/30 - 1/200 second, plus 'B', set with a knob on the front-left of the housing. There is another knob, presumably the aperture control, on the right of the lens port. There is an accessory shoe on the top for a frame finder. A flash-holder was produced for the camera.[1][2]

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Koroll Marine sold at the 41st Leitz Photographica Auction, in November 2022. The flash cable is present in the housing, which connects the camera to the screw-port for the flash bracket.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Koroll Marine with three close-up lenses and parts of the flash-holder bracket, offered for sale but unsold at the 42nd Leitz Photographica Auction, in June 2023.

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