Gevaphot
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| Gevaphot, As Phot and Cinac image by Iza Lemargouillat (Image rights) |
The Gevaphot is a bakelite-bodied camera for 6x9 images on 620 film, originally made by the Belgian company Gevaert in collaboration with The French Kinax.[1] As pictured here, the camera was also sold by the French plate, film and paper maker As de Trèfle under its own brand as the As Phot, and as the Cinac. As McKeown notes, it is clearly 'derived from' the M.I.O.M. Photax cameras.[2]
The lens is named Blue Kinn, presumably for Kinax. This is mounted in a lens-tube which screws into the body for storage. It would have been possible for the maker to allow the lens to screw beyond the infinity-focus position, giving some focus control, but it does not. There are two fixed apertures, labelled '1' and '2', and shutter speeds 1/25 and 1/100, plus 'B'. A galilean viewfinder is set in a false winding knob on the left of the camera.
Notes
- ↑ Gevaphot and As Phot at Collection Appareils.
- ↑ 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). p343 & 688.
