Adox 66 (~1950)

Adox 66 (~1950)

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This photo is from the copy I own

History and technical features 

The Adox 66 was a bakelite box camera. The eye of its reflecting type viewfinder was placed directly over the camera lens, giving the camera a bit of the look of a pseudo TLR. It was made by Hermann Wolf GmbH, Wuppertal, Germany, for the Adox company. Wolf made a similar model named Gevabox for Gevaert in Belgium. Wolf's own name for that camera was Luxa 66.

Source: camerapedia

The ADOX 66 camera was manufactured by the ADOX company in circa 1950. Constructed of Bakelite plastic with the view finder located on the top to give the appearance of a TLR. It was made by Hermann Wolf GmbH, Wuppertal, Germany, who originally called it Luxa 66.

Source: historiccamera.com


Specifications

It had a focusable 1:8 meniscus lens, choice between instant and time mode, and choice between the two apertures f8 and f11. It had a thread in the bottom to put it onto a tripod, and a thread in the top to connect a remote shutter release.

Source: camerapedia

The camera was fitted with a fixed focus meniscus f8 lens and an instantaneous and time shutter. It featured a two aperature settings f8 and f11, a tripod socket and a cable release socket.

Source: historiccamera.com


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