Beier Beirette Beroquick KB 135

Beier Beirette Beroquick KB 135

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Beroquick are 35mm film viewfinder cameras made by Beier. They are the export version of some Beirette models.

Beirette was a name applied to a long sequence of compact 35mm viewfinder camera models, made from 1958 to the 1980s in East Germany by Beier. There were also some folding Beirettes, made from 1939, but production apparently disappeared during WWII. Although the name stayed the same, various tweaks in the design were made. It was the first camera that came out of the former East Germany that had a rapid advance lever. It is a very compact, little simple camera, and the first thing you notice is the beautifully designed shutter release button placed on the front. There are many models and versions during its very long manufacturing period. Flash sync, for example, moved from a pin of the lens barrel to a standard hot shoe, and a plastic shutter release button replaced the original metal one in the mid-1970s. Several versions of this camera were sold by Boots, for example the Boots Beirette BL, or branded as Revue for export markets.

Introduced in c.1976

Name variant of Beier Beirette vsn

Weather symbol

Ludwig Meritar 45mm f/2.8 lens in Priomat 1/30-1/125 shutter

There are some variants with minor differences

Beirette vsn is a 35mm film viewfinder camera made by Beier and produced between c.1970-89. It is in the long lasting Beier Beirette series.[1]

Model marks appeared on the Beirette in the "vsn" version only. But there is no marks "vsn" versions also. It is the new model of Beirette series, with light plastic body, black or chrome. There are some cosmetic versions during its manufacturing period.

Lens: Meritar 45mm f/2.8 filter slip-on serial no.none

Aperture: up to f/22 setting: ring and scale on the lens-shutter barrel, ring coupled with four weather symbols

Focus range: 0.6-10m +inf

Focusing: manual front cell focusing; ring, scale and DOF scale on front of the lens

Shutter: Priomat everset shutter with three speeds 1/30-1/60-1/125 +B

Shutter release: on front of the camera, not works wo/ film in the camera

Cocking lever: also winds the film, long strong, on the top plate

Frame counter: auto-reset, additive type, small window on the back of the top-plate

Viewfinder: bright frame finder

Re-wind lever: folding crank type, on the right of the top plate

Re-wind release: small knob on the bottom plate

Flash PC socket: none

Hot-shoe

Self-timer: none

Back cover: hinged, opens by a latch on the left of the camera

Engraving on the bottom plate: DDR

Tripod socket: ¼"

Hand strap lug

Body: plastic; Weight: 233g

Serial no. in the camera

Fonte: Camerapedia

The Beirette VSN, a simple 35mm camera made in the DDR (former Eastern Germany).

This version has a Meritar 45mm f/2.8 lens and a Priomat-S shutter with 4 speeds. The lens is manually focused by a distance scale, and 4 weathersymbols tell the user which aperture to choose.

It is mainly made of plastic and aluminium, with some metal parts. They were sold with an everready case, a wristband and a user manual. The camera in the picture has a factory control sticker on the box, indicating it left the factory in june 1979.

Fonte: Camera-wiki.org

Modelo

A minha é uma Beroquick KB 135, logo, um modelo de exportação.

Tem um n.º de série no interior 5 85, sendo presumivelmente de maio de 1985.

Manual

Sites de referência

Camera-wiki.org

Camerapedia

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