Norisan Apparatebau

Norisan Nori 0a scanned by Hans Kerensky  (Image rights)

Norisan Nori II scanned by Hans Kerensky  (Image rights)

Norisan Apparatebau was a camera maker based in Nuremberg, Germany. After WWII, it became Genos.

The following bakelite cameras
were produced from 1934 onwards :

• Nori: bakelite knob, newton finder, "Nori-Optik" 1:8 - 35mm lens
• Nori 0: metal knob, optical finder, small no-name lens
• Nori 0a: like Nori 0, with additional sports finder
• Nori II: thick metal knob, optical finder, 1:8 - 45mm "Optik" lens
• Nori III: metal knob, opt. finder, 1:6.3 37mm lens, apertures 6.3 and 12.5
• Nori IV:
• Nori VI:
• Nori Xa:

All w/ lens barrel lever to choose B or ca. 1/30 sec. shutter speed
Kadlubek lists a type Afex of 1935,
with the data of the Nori III
(f/6.3 37mm lens). "Afex" may have been
abbreviation for "apparatus for export",
maybe reused in the 1950ies for an f/8
export variant of such a camera.

Nori III, thick knob variant (medium and thin knob seen in auction images) image by Leif Skandsen (Image rights)