Fex Ultra Himalaya (~1959)

Fex Ultra Himalaya (~1959)

Esta fotografia é do exemplar que possuo.

Características

Fex/Indo (for France EXport) and (INDustrie Optique) is a French company that produced inexpensive camera models from the 1940s to the 1981. It was one of the few civil camera companies founded in times of WWII. When France was "under German occupation, Fritz Kaftanski formed an association with Lucien Bouchetal de la Roche in order to produce cameras under the mark FEX (for France EXport). Located in Lyon, this company became FEX-INDO and then INDO (INDustrie Optique). It stopped all activities in 1981". The wartime product was a wooden camera of poor qiality but with Angenieux lens. Later Kaftanski himself developed successful camera models like the bakelite camera Ultra-Fex. The main brand names were Fex, Weber/Fex and in the late years Indo.
Fonte: camera-wiki.org

The Ultra-Fex is a black plastic camera made in France by Fex/Indo, c1946-66. It produces 6x9cm images on 620 film.

Variations include:

Shutter release button on the camera body or on the extensible front.
Flash shoe (and location) or no flash shoe.
Extension tube made of metal or plastic.
Faceplate design.

Fonte: Camerapedia


Modelo

Não consegui determinar o modelo exacto. Nesta página estão vários, mas não este especificamente.
Há referências a um livro onde estarão compilados todos os modelos: Fex - La Photo Toute Simple.


Manual


Sites de referência

camera-wiki.org
Camerapedia


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