Schatz Sola
The Sola is a sub-miniature camera made by Schatz & Söhne in Triberg, Germany, from 1937.[1] Schatz was known for making clocks; this was the only camera the company made.
The Sola makes 13×18 mm images on unperforated 16 mm film, which is loaded into a supply-side cassette, and winds into another cassette on the uptake side.[2] The camera has a clockwork film advance, and can take sequential exposures at a rate of 1.5 per second.[3] The frame counter counts up to 24.[3]
It has a behind-the-lens shutter, with speeds 1 - 1/300 second, plus 'B'. The lens is a Schneider 2.5 cm f/3 Kinoplan, in the common C-mount (for cine cameras), interchangeable with several other Schneider lenses,[4] though there is no provision on the camera for viewfinders for these.
The body of the camera is rounded at the back, and the whole thing suggests a cine camera.
The camera has a folding frame finder on top of the body. There is also a brilliant finder, which can be swung out of the way of the frame finder when not wanted.
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). p871.
- ↑ Sola sold in the eleventh Westlicht Photographica Auction, in May 2007; several pictures, including one of the film chamber and feed and uptake cassettes.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Sola at submin.com.
- ↑ Schatz & Söhne Sola with three Schneider 2.5 cm f/3 Kinoplan lenses in different finishes, a 2.5 cm f/2 Xenon, a 5 cm f/5.5 Tele-Xenar and a 13 cm f/1.5 Xenon; sold at Christie's in September 2005.
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- Sola sold at the thirteenth Westlicht auction, in June 2008.
