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Mecaflex
The Mecaflex is a 35mm SLR camera for 50 exposures of 24 × 24 mm. It was presented at the photokina in Cologne in 1951, and launched commercially about two years later. The design is by Heinz Kilfitt, who is also known for designing the original ''Robot camera'' and the ''Kowa Six''. The camera is equipped with the newly developed ''Prontor-Compur'' (PC) reflex shutter, which would pave the way for reputable camera designs such as the 1953 ''Contaflex'', the 1956 ''Retina Reflex'', the 1957 '' Hasselblad 500'', and the 1959 ''Voigtländer Bessamatic''. However, it does not have the built-in eye-level pentaprism finder, which was first seen on 35mm SLR cameras in 1949. Instead, it has a waist-level finder with a central split-image rangefinder complemented by large full frame magnifier incorporating a central loupe that covers the rangefinder central area. Description The complete camera top, hinged at the front, is a flush cover with no protruding controls. When flipped open ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mecaflex Seroa
The Mecaflex is a 35mm SLR camera for 50 exposures of 24 × 24 mm. It was presented at the photokina in Cologne in 1951, and launched commercially about two years later. The design is by Heinz Kilfitt, who is also known for designing the original ''Robot camera'' and the ''Kowa Six''. The camera is equipped with the newly developed ''Prontor-Compur'' (PC) reflex shutter, which would pave the way for reputable camera designs such as the 1953 ''Contaflex'', the 1956 ''Retina Reflex'', the 1957 '' Hasselblad 500'', and the 1959 ''Voigtländer Bessamatic''. However, it does not have the built-in eye-level pentaprism finder, which was first seen on 35mm SLR cameras in 1949. Instead, it has a waist-level finder with a central split-image rangefinder complemented by large full frame magnifier incorporating a central loupe that covers the rangefinder central area. Description The complete camera top, hinged at the front, is a flush cover with no protruding controls. When flipped open ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinz Kilfitt
Heinz Kilfitt was born on 29 May 1898 in Hörntrop-Wattenscheid, Germany; he died on 11 August 1980 in Munich, Germany. He is probably best known for the design of the spring driven 35mm ''Robot'' still cameras taking 24×24mm frames on 135 film as well as being a lens maker, renowned for the ''Macro-Kilars'' and the manufacture of the ''Voigtländer Zoomar'' that was designed by Frank Gerhardt Back (1902-1981). He was the son of a watchmaker and christened Heinrich Wilhelm Kilfitt. He spent his early youth repairing watches and taking an interest in optics and photography. At the optical company R. Neumann in Berlin he was hired as the head of the Photography department. Combining his watch repair and photography skills he designed the spring driven ''Robot'' camera for H. H. Berning in 1930 for fast series of single frame photographs. In the early 1950s he conceived the very compact 35mm SLR ''Mecaflex The Mecaflex is a 35mm SLR camera for 50 exposures of 24 × 24 mm. It was p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Contaflex
The Contaflex series is a family of 35mm leaf-shuttered SLR cameras, produced by Zeiss Ikon in the 1950s and 1960s. The name was first used in 1935 on a 35mm Twin-lens reflex camera, the ''Contaflex TLR'' also by Zeiss Ikon, the -flex part in the name referring to integral mirror for the viewfinder. The first models, the Contaflex I and II have fixed lenses, while the later models have interchangeable lenses, and eventually the Contaflexes became a camera system with a wide variety of accessories. History The first Contaflex SLR was introduced in 1953 as one of the earliest 35mm SLR cameras equipped with a leaf shutter, but with a fixed lens. The Mecaflex was presented at photokina in 1951 and launched two years later with a leaf shutter behind the removable lens, while the ''Hasselblad 500C'' of 1957 has a leaf shutter in its interchangeable lens. This design, using a leaf shutter in an SLR, involves a complex sequence of events when the shutter is released, more looked upon as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Focusing Screen
A focusing screen is a flat translucent material, either a ground glass or Fresnel lens, found in a system camera that allows the user of the camera to preview the framed image in a viewfinder. Often, focusing screens are available in variants with different etched markings for various purposes. For instance, "overall matte" focusing screens with no etchings are a popular choice for astrophotography and other low-light situations. Overview The history of the focusing screen is almost as long as the history of the camera. Some primitive cameras consisted of a box with a board holding the lens in the front and a focusing screen in the back that was replaced by the imaging medium (plate, film holder) before taking the picture. The most common type of focusing screen in non-autofocus 35 mm SLR cameras is the split screen and microprism ring variation that aids focusing and became standard in the 1980s. The microprism ring breaks up the image unless the lens setting is in focu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
135 Film Cameras
135 may refer to: * 135 (number) * AD 135 * 135 BC *135 film 135 film, more popularly referred to as 35 mm film or 35 mm, is a format of photographic film used for still photography. It is a film with a film gauge of loaded into a standardized type of magazine – also referred to as a casse ..., better known as 35 mm film, is a format of photographic film used for still photography * 135 (New Jersey bus) {{numberdis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voigtländer
Voigtländer () was a significant long-established company within the optics and photographic industry, headquartered in Braunschweig, Germany, and today continues as a trademark for a range of photographic products. History Voigtländer was founded in Vienna, Archduchy of Austria, in 1756, by . Voigtländer produced mathematical instruments, precision mechanical products, optical instruments, including optical measuring instruments and opera glasses, and is the oldest name in cameras. Early beginnings Johann Christoph Voigtländer (November 19, 1732 in Leipzig – June 27, 1797 in Vienna), the son of a carpenter, came to Prague in 1755, and to Vienna in the same year, and worked from 1757 to 1762 in the workshop of Meinicke, who produced mathematical instruments. Through Johann Voigtländer's skilful achievements, the Minister of State of the Habsburg monarchy— Prince Wenzel von Kaunitz, drew attention to Voigtländer and Empress Maria Theresa of Austria granted Voigtlän ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metz Apparatefabrik
Metz-Werke GmbH & Co. KG was a German consumer electronic manufacturer, Besides Loewe and TechniSat, Metz was the only remaining TV manufacturer which developed and produced their devices in Germany. Its head office is in Zirndorf, Bavaria. The company filed for insolvency in 2014 and backed up by new investors now reformed as two independent companies Metz Consumer Electronics GmbH and Metz mecatech GmbH since 2015. History * 28. November 1938: Paul Metz founds the company. * 1939: Manufacture of electronic devices for Carl Zeiss. Development of the product range through the manufacture of products with high-frequency technology. * until 1945: Production of radio technology for short-wave transmitters and receivers. * 1947: Consumer electronics division established with the manufacture of the first Metz radios. * 1950: Complete range of radio devices from the smallest Super radio to the radio gramophone. In keeping with the motto, "Metz - always 1st class", everything wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
X Flash Synchronization
In photography, flash synchronization or flash sync is the synchronizing the firing of a photographic flash with the opening of the shutter admitting light to photographic film or electronic image sensor. In cameras with mechanical (clockwork) shutters synchronization is supported by an electrical contact within the shutter mechanism, which closes the circuit at the appropriate moment in the shutter opening process. In electronic digital cameras, the mechanism is usually a programmable electronic timing circuit, which may, in some cameras, take input from a mechanical shutter contact. The flash is connected electrically to the camera either by a cable with a standardised coaxial PC (for Prontor/Compur) 3.5 mm (1/8") connector (as defined in ISO 519), or via contacts in an ''accessory mount'' (hot shoe) bracket. Faster shutter speeds are often better when there is significant ambient illumination, and flash is used to flash fill subjects that are backlit without motion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M Flash Synchronization
In photography, flash synchronization or flash sync is the synchronizing the firing of a photographic flash with the opening of the shutter admitting light to photographic film or electronic image sensor. In cameras with mechanical (clockwork) shutters synchronization is supported by an electrical contact within the shutter mechanism, which closes the circuit at the appropriate moment in the shutter opening process. In electronic digital cameras, the mechanism is usually a programmable electronic timing circuit, which may, in some cameras, take input from a mechanical shutter contact. The flash is connected electrically to the camera either by a cable with a standardised coaxial PC (for Prontor/Compur) 3.5 mm (1/8") connector (as defined in ISO 519), or via contacts in an ''accessory mount'' (hot shoe) bracket. Faster shutter speeds are often better when there is significant ambient illumination, and flash is used to flash fill subjects that are backlit without motion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metz (company)
Metz-Werke GmbH & Co. KG was a German consumer electronic manufacturer, Besides Loewe and TechniSat, Metz was the only remaining TV manufacturer which developed and produced their devices in Germany. Its head office is in Zirndorf, Bavaria. The company filed for insolvency in 2014 and backed up by new investors now reformed as two independent companies Metz Consumer Electronics GmbH and Metz mecatech GmbH since 2015. History * 28. November 1938: Paul Metz founds the company. * 1939: Manufacture of electronic devices for Carl Zeiss. Development of the product range through the manufacture of products with high-frequency technology. * until 1945: Production of radio technology for short-wave transmitters and receivers. * 1947: Consumer electronics division established with the manufacture of the first Metz radios. * 1950: Complete range of radio devices from the smallest Super radio to the radio gramophone. In keeping with the motto, "Metz - always 1st class", everything wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flash Synchronization
In photography, flash synchronization or flash sync is the synchronizing the firing of a photographic flash with the opening of the shutter admitting light to photographic film or electronic image sensor. In cameras with mechanical (clockwork) shutters synchronization is supported by an electrical contact within the shutter mechanism, which closes the circuit at the appropriate moment in the shutter opening process. In electronic digital cameras, the mechanism is usually a programmable electronic timing circuit, which may, in some cameras, take input from a mechanical shutter contact. The flash is connected electrically to the camera either by a cable with a standardised coaxial PC (for Prontor/Compur) 3.5 mm (1/8") connector (as defined in ISO 519), or via contacts in an ''accessory mount'' (hot shoe) bracket. Faster shutter speeds are often better when there is significant ambient illumination, and flash is used to flash fill subjects that are backlit without motion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
