WTSell: MediumFormat - Altissa Brilliant - prism shaped german box camera


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Equipment Type: MediumFormat
Equipment Brand: Altissa Brilliant -
Equipment Model: prism shaped german box camera
Price (S$): S$150
Description:
Altissa boxes were on of the prettiest box cameras ever made. This altissa Brilliant was manufactured by Eho Altissa in germany around 1954.

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Other than on common box cameras the possible settings were given as values: B and 1/25 sec. for the shutter speed settings, and f8 and f16 as possible aperture settings.

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*comes with a wooden spool and case!

The Altissar Periskop 1:8 lens was an even more uncommon feature since it consisted of a symmetric pair of single lens elements, with lens and shutter placed in-between. That decent kind of sophistication was enough to enable the camera to make better images than any cheap meniscus lens box camera.

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Last not least the camera construction was more handsome than average boxes, and the big telescopic (or non-telescopic view-through ?) viewfinder was an advantage when compared to common box cameras' smaller finders.


It takes 6X6 on 120 rollfilm. :) mind that the viewfinder is just abit (really abit) foggy.

Real Name: Jackson
Contact Number: 97532991

Condition of Item (as per guidelines): 9
Warranty Status: as is, inspect on spot

Package/Accessories/Extras:
wooden spool

carrying case
 

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