Compass camera

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
FABRICATOR: Jaeger LeCoultre & Cie
MANUFACTURER: Compass Cameras Ltd.
NATIONALITY: Swiss
PLACE MANUFACTURED: Switzerland, Sentier
INTRODUCTION DATE: ca 1938
FILM TYPE: dry plate
IMAGE SIZE: 24 x 36 mm.
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: 35mm rangefinder
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS: 35mm f/ 3.5 anastigmat
INTEGRATED SHUTTER: Yes

NOTES:
  "c1938. The ultimate compact 35mm rangefinder camera system. A finely
  machined aluminum-bodied camera of unusual design and incorporating
  many built-in features which include: f3.5/35mm lens, shutter from 4.5
  sec to 1/500, RF, right-angle finder, panoramic & stereo heads, level,
  extinction meter, filters, ground glass focusing, etc. For 24x36mm
  exposures on glass plates, or on roll with optional roll back."
  McKeown, 1997.

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: C7371.00001

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: McKeown, Jim & McKeown, Joan. --Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras: 1997/1998.-- Grantsburg, WI: Centennial Photo, 1996. pp 123.//