Amateur Photographer & Cinematographer (1937)

March ioth, 1937 The AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHER o 6 CINEMATOGRAPHER a The view-finder for use with the 5 -cm. lens is built into the range-finder casing. Weight and dimensions as Standard Leica. Prices from £27 6s. Messrs. E. Leitz (London), Ltd. LEICA MODELS III AND IIIA. Specification as Leica Model II, with the addition of slow-speed mechan¬ ism giving shutter speeds up to 1 sec., and with optical magnification in the range-finder to make more accurate setting possible. In Model Ilia shutter speeded up to 1/1, oooth sec. Prices : Model III from £31 5s. ; Model Ilia from £34. Messrs. E. Leitz (London), Ltd. LEICA 250. This is a Model III Leica, with the addition of specially large spool-cham¬ bers that will accommodate a length of cin£ film sufficient to give 250 exposures at a single loading. Price with 5 -cm. f/3.5 Elmar lens, £47 16s. 6d. Messrs. E. Leitz (London), Ltd. NETTAX. Takes up to 36 exposures on 35-mm. cine film using either standard daylight¬ loading cassettes or special chargers which can be loaded with any length of film desired. Fitted with interchange¬ able lenses collapsing into camera. No baseboard. 5 -cm. lens fitted as normal. All-metal focal-plane shutter, speeded i/5th to i/r, oooth sec., film being automatically wound on when shutter is set. Coupled wedge-type range¬ finder operating with any one of the several interchangeable lenses. Dimen¬ sions 5jX2-Jxif in. Weight 17 oz. Prices from £29 5s. Messrs. Zeiss Ikon Ltd. RETINA. Takes 36 pictures on 35-mm. cine film, using standard daylight-loading cassette. Baseboard type folding camera ; lens-front supported on lazytongs. Fitted with f/3.5 lens of 5-cm. focal length in Compur or Compur Rapid shutter. Direct-vision tubular view-finder. Dimensions 4f X 3 X in. Weight 16 oz. Prices from £10 10s. Messrs. Kodak Ltd. SUPER BALDINA. Specification exactly as Baldina, but in addition has a short-base range-finder coupled to the focussing adjustment. Dimensions 5 x 3I x i-i/i6th in. Weight 18 oz. Prices from £13 5s. Messrs. Norse Trading Co. (London), Ltd. SUPER NETTEL. Takes up to 36 exposures on 35-mm. cine film, using either standard daylight¬ loading cassettes or special chargers which can be loaded with any length of film desired. Camera is of horizontal folding type, with baseboard. Lens front supported by lazy-tongs. Fitted non-interchangeable 5 -cm. lenses. Allmetal focal-plane shutter speeded 1/5 th to 1/1, oooth sec., film being automatic¬ ally wound on when shutter is set. Coupled wedge range-finder. Available in Model I (black) and Model II (chro¬ mium). Dimensions 5jX2fxif in. Weight 23 oz. Prices from £18 12s. fid. Messrs. Zeiss Ikon Ltd. WELTI. Takes 36 exposures on length of standard 35-mm. cine film, loaded in daylight-loading cassettes. Constructed on lines of fold¬ ing roll-film camera with baseboard. Non-inter¬ changeable lenses of 5cm. focal length, fitted in Compur or Compur Rapid shutter. Front cell focussing. Fitted with direct vision tubular finder and has shoe to accommodate Leitz range-finder. Dimensions 4fX2|xi^ in. Weight 17^ oz. Prices from £10. Messrs. Peeling & Van Neck, Ltd. 24x36 mm. Reflex Cameras CONTAFLEX. Twin-lens reflex camera, taking up to 36 pictures on 35-mm. cine film, using either standard daylight-loading cassettes or special chargers which can be loaded with any length of film desired. Finder lens of longer focal length than the normal 5-cm. taking lens. Automatic parallax correction by mask moving with focussing mechanism. Photo-electric exposure meter built in. Will take any one of seven interchangeable lenses. All-metal focal-plane shutter, speeds | to 1/ 1, oooth sec., film being automatic¬ ally wound on when shutter is set. Focussing hood contains Albada finder. Dimensions 5£x4§xi£ in. Weight without lens 44 oz. Price from £64 12s. 6d. Messrs. Zeiss Ikon Ltd. KINE-EXAKTA. (Available shortly.) Single-lens reflex giving 36 exposures on a standard 35-mm. cine film Takes daylight-loading cassettes. Film-cutter incorporated for removing partlyexposed film. Special focussing screen, magnifying image two diameters. Interchangeable lenses with bayonet fitting. Focal-plane shutter giving exposures from 12 to 1/1, oooth sec. Delayed-action release. Film auto¬ matically wound when film is set. Sockets for connection to flash -bulb outfit provided. Price from £2 7 10s. Messrs. Garner & Jones, Ltd. Picture Size, 3x4 cm. Obtained, unless otherwise stated, by making 16 exposures on 8-exp. V.P. Film. BABY BOX TENGOR. Makes 16 exposures on standard V.P. film. Box camera, fitted f/n single lens in T. and I. shutter, fitted for wire release. Direct-vision finder. Di¬ mensions 3-3/i6thsX2|X2 in. Weight 8 oz. Price 1 8s. fid. Messrs. Zeiss Ikon Ltd. BABY IKONTA. Makes 16 exposures on standard V.P. film. Miniature self-erecting camera of standard roll-film type. Non-interchangeable 5-cm. lens in Compur Rapid shutter. Front cell focussing. Directvision frame finder. Dimensions 3$X2£xi in. Weight 12 oz. Prices from £8 7s. 6d. Messrs. Zeiss Ikon Ltd. changeable 5-cm. shutter. Dimensions 4£ Weight 12 oz. Prices from £4 5s. Messrs. Norse Trading Co. (London), Ltd. BALDI. Takes 16 pictures on standard V.P. film. Self-erecting camera of standard roll-film type, with baseboard. Auto¬ matic catch stopping film-wind at correct point after each exposure. DOLLY. Takes 16 exposures on standard V.P. film. Pull-out front supported by lazy-tongs, no baseboard. Non-inter¬ changeable lens of 5 or 4.5 cm. focal length in between-lens shutter. Focus¬ sing in Model A by front cell, in Model B by focussing mount. Frame finder in Model A ; optical finder in Model B. Dimensions 4fX2-fxi in. Weight 12^ oz. Price from £3 7s. fid. Messrs. Actina Ltd. Note. — The Dolly camera of 6.5 x 4 cm. size is equipped with a mask for pictures 3X4 cm. FOTH-DERBY MODEL I. Takes 16 photographs on standard V.P. film. Pull-out front supported by struts. Non-interchangeable 5-cm. lens in focussing mount. Focal-plane shutter speeded i/25th to i/5ooth sec. 250 4 1