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La Fotomeccanica C. Lupo (Carlo Lupo) was a maker of large-format studio cameras in Turin, at least between the 1930s and 1960s.[1] The company also made accessories including enlargers[2] and tripods, until the 1990s when lighting equipment became its main business. Control of the company passed to Carlo Lupo's sons Aldo and Giorgio; the company moved to Collegno (on the outskirts of Turin). The Lupo company (now Lupo SRL) is still in business under a third generation of the family (as of 2024) and now makes mostly LED lighting equipment.[1] Danilo Cecchi states that the firm began operating in 1932,[3] and gives the names of three cameras:
- Victoria (1935) - 13x18cm and 18x24cm (referred to by Cecchi as a 'fotocamera da terrazza', a phrase not found elsewhere: system translation offers only 'terrace camera' or 'patio camera')
- Aldina (1960) - 13x18cm technical camera;[4] Cast front and rear standards in hammered-finish paint or enamel, mounted on two chrome-plated rails; tapered bellows, and short enough to be portable. Appears to offer front rise and shift, front and rear tilt and swing. Circular metal lens-board.
- Studio 7 (1962) - 13x18cm (referred to by Cecchi as the Studio 7 models, in the plural)[3]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lupo website.
- ↑ A web search for Lupo enlargers will find more modern ones, perhaps from the 1980s-'90s, which look rather like Durst products.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 'L'Industria Fotografica Italiana' Part 4, Danilo Cecchi, hosted at Nadir; three-line paragraph about Lupo is close to the bottom of the page.
- ↑ Aldina fitted with 21cm f/4.5 Voigtländer Apo-Lanthar (from a Technika), in a dial-set Compound shutter; offered for sale in an online auction by Oldcam in June 2023.
Links
- This post, LF camera made in Italy - request for information at Photrio, March 2024, includes a couple of photos of a 13x18cm camera; parallel bellows, aluminium standards (Compare to the example linked below, perhaps later, which has wooden standards) racking on two long chrome-plated rails, circular lens-board, and all mounted on a studio stand.
- Another example of essentially the same studio camera, but with hardwood standards mounted on a metal frame; offered for sale on the Italian 'Subito' classified-advert site in 2024; archived at Internet Archive.
- A search for 'Lupo Aldina' at Flickr gives a handful of portraits taken with an Aldina II by user Evthing45.
- Lupo Lighting at Instagram - photos of the current lighting equipment.
