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OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: K.G. Corfield
NATIONALITY: English
PLACE MANUFACTURED: England,
INTRODUCTION DATE: ca 1955
FILM TYPE: 35mm rollfilm
IMAGE SIZE: 24 x 36 mm
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: 35mm (other)
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS:
  45mm f/2.8 Lumax
  50mm f/2.8 Lumax
INTERCHANGEABLE LENS: Yes    INTEGRATED SHUTTER: Yes

NOTES:
  "35mm cameras for 36 exp. 24x36mm. Interchangeable f2.8/50mm Lumax or
  1.9 or 2.8/45mm. Focal plane shutter to 1000. Unusual throught-the-
  lens periscope reflex rangefinder which, despite its its combersome
  appearance, worked quite well." McKeown, 1994.

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: C816.00001

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
McKeown, Jim & McKeown, Joan. --McKeown's Price Guide to Antique & Classic Cameras: 1995-1996.-- Grantsburg, WI: Centennial Photo, 1994. pp 125.//
McKeown, Jim & McKeown, Joan. --Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras: 1997/1998.-- Grantsburg, WI: Centennial Photo, 1996. pp 126.//

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