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Primarflex

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Curt Bentzin
NATIONALITY: German
PLACE MANUFACTURED: Germany, Görlitz
OBJECT NAME VARIATION: Primar Reflex
INTRODUCTION DATE: ca 1936
FILM TYPE: 120 rollfilm
IMAGE SIZE: 6 x 6 cm.
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: 120 SLR
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS: 105mm f/3.5 Tessar
INTERCHANGEABLE LENS: Yes    INTEGRATED SHUTTER: Yes

NOTES:
  "An early 6x6cm SLR which pre-dates the Hasselblad by over 10 years.
  f3.5/105 Tessar. FP shutter. Uses rollfilm or single glass plates.
  (Primar Reflex name appears to have been used after WWII for the same
  camera formerly called Primarflex)." McKeown, 1996.

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: B4781.00001

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: McKeown, Jim & McKeown, Joan. --Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras: 1997/1998.-- Grantsburg, WI: Centennial Photo, 1996. pp 92.//

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