Futura (Standard)

A rangefinder system camera for interchangeable lenses, produced by Futura Kamerawerk GmbH, developed by predecessor Fritz Kuhnert GmbH.

It had a Compur-Rapid shutter. A range of lenses and accessories made it a real system camera.

original Fritz Kuhnert/Freiburg Futura image by Adrian Gee (Image rights)

Futura (Standard) image by Ryan Volpe (Image rights)

with fast portrait lens Futura Frilon 1.5/50 image by Uwe Kulick (Image rights)

Technical Specifications

• Optical universal viewfinder for focal lengthes 35-100mm, with superimposed coupled rangefinder
• Futura threaded lens mount
• Compur-Rapid shutter, 1/400-1 + B

Links

• photo report in Badische Zeitung (in German)