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Porst EL 300 (1969)

Porst EL 300 (1969)
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Il s'agit d'un Dacora Super Dignette electric. Il ressemble beaucoup au Super Dignette electric C-R, mais celui-ci dispose d'un télémètre couplé, alors que notre Porst EL300 ne parait pas en posséder.

Fonte: collection-appareils.fr

Super Dignette Electric C-R is a 35mm film rangefinder camera made by Dacora and introduced in 1967.
It has a coupled rangefinder and uncoupled CdS light meter. It is with Isco Color-Isconar 45mm f/2.8 in Prontor 300 shutter. It was sold a renamed version as Ilford Electric C-R
Super Dignette Electric is a series of cameras with angular body with vertical shutter release on front. They have a square electric eye marked "BEWI CdS". They all have a hot-shoe and flashcube socket."R" models have a coupled rangefinder. They were also sold as Ilford Electric and Universa CD.

Fonte: Camerapedia

In Amateur Photographer magazine for 12th April 1967, Ilford took out a two full page advert to announce their New Ilford Electrics range, which suggests the Electrics range was introduced around that time. Its probable that the range first appeared at the beginning of 1967, as the accompanying instruction booklet bears the Ilford coding for January 1967 (A67; my thanks again to Andy Holliman for this information). This is a reasonable timescale, as the 'Electrics' incorporate the first use of CdS light metering within the Ilford camera range, a feature which was becoming commonplace on 35mm cameras by that time. The automatic versions within the Sportsman 300 range, believed to have been released in 1965, were based upon the 'older technology' of selenium cells.

Note the obvious DACORA Kamerawerk name indented into the brightwork of the base plate, to the lower RHS of the above illustration. Clearly Ilford were not trying to disguise the source of the Electric range.

There were four cameras within the range, but possibly only three were sold in the UK. The electric-CR, -L and -SR were (I believe) the only ones advertised in UK magazines. However, Allard Wunderink of The Netherlands has sent me pictures of the fourth model, the electric-S.

The name 'electric' appears without the capitalised 'E' on the camera fronts, but in the Ilford adverts the name was capitalised. Also, the hyphen, which connects with the model type i.e. '-SR' on the camera front, was omitted by Ilford in their adverts, hence, Electric SR.

Fonte: photomemorabilia.co.uk


Fabriqué en Allemagne fédérale en 1969.                                                        
Constructeur  : Dacora Dangelmeir n° PHP 0917.
Télémètre et Cellule CDS intégré.
Obturateur : Prontor 300 1/30 à 1/300 s, B
Objectif I: sconar 2, 8/45 mm, monture fixe
Flash synchro avec broche contact,
Prise pour flash cube
Dimensions : 130 x 90 x  65 mm, poids 520 gr

Fonte: collection-appareils.over-blog.net


Especificações

The electric-CR, priced at £26.10s = £26.50p, having a coupled rangefinder but no automatic exposure setting; readings from the built-in CdS exposure meter had to be manually transferred to the shutter and aperture. The lens is a 45mm Color-Isconar f2.8 and the shutter a Prontor 300, giving 1/30, 1/60, 1/125, 1/300 & B. Fitted with a bright-line viewfinder. In a Dollonds sale in AP magazine, January 1970, the price, new, was £22.50p. Note the flash cube socket, top LHS.

All the Electrics could use flashcubes as well as conventional flashguns. The upper battery compartment is for the CdS light meter battery and the one in the base is for firing flashcubes. The instruction book gives the battery types as Mallory PX13 for the light meter and two Mallory 825's for the flashcube. The former are still available as V625PX but the latter are not (though work-arounds exist).

Fonte: photomemorabilia.co.uk


Modelo

A minha tem o número de série 897291.


Sítios de referência

Camerapedia

collection-appareils.fr

collection-appareils.over-blog.net

photomemorabilia.co.uk


Manual


Baterias
1 bateria PX625A

2 baterias Mallory 825


Filme


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