Ducati
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| Ducati Sogno image by Rick Oleson (Image rights) |
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| Ducati camera instruction books image by Peter Kitchingman (Image rights) |
Ducati (the same company that is much better known for motorcycles) made two half-frame 35 mm cameras in the years after the Second World War.[1] The company was founded in 1926 in Bologna, by the Ducati family and other investors, as Società Radio Brevetti Ducati (Ducati Radio Patent Company); Adriano Ducati held patents in the field of radio components such as condensers (capacitors).[2][3]
Cameras were among several alternatives investigated by Ducati during and after the War, with a view to civilian business. At about the same time, Ducati took over a small company that had patented a small motorcycle.[4]
Cameras
- Simplex: a half-frame 35 mm viewfinder camera.
- Sogno: a half-frame 35 mm coupled rangefinder camera.
Notes
- ↑ McKeown, James M. and Joan C. McKeown's Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras, 12th Edition, 2005-2006. USA, Centennial Photo Service, 2004. ISBN 0-931838-40-1 (hardcover). ISBN 0-931838-41-X (softcover). p252.
- ↑ For example (a little later) British Patent 382982 of 1932, Electrostatic Fixed Condenser, granted to Adriano Ducati; at Espacenet, the patent search facility of the European Patent Office.
- ↑ Ducati company history - 1920s at the Ducati website.
- ↑ Ducati history at Luca Guala's Pantaheads Ducati motorbike enthusiast's site (archived).
Links
- Ducati Sogno and lenses at Fotocamere Italiane (Japanese)
- La S.S.R. Ducati e le sue microcamere at Fotocamere Italiane 1946-1964 (in italiano)
