Sico

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Werke Simons & Co.
NATIONALITY: Swiss
PLACE MANUFACTURED: Switzerland, Bern
INTRODUCTION DATE: ca 1923
FILM TYPE: 35mm rollfilm
IMAGE SIZE: 30 x 40 mm.
SIGNIFICANT FEATURE: paper-backed rollfilm
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: 35mm (other)
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS:
  60mm f/3.5 Sico Rüdersdorf Anastigmat
  60mm f/6.8 Georz Dagor

NOTES:
  "c1923. Two models. The better known has dark brown wooden body with
  brass trim. For 25 exposures 30x40mm on unperforated 35mm paper-
  backed rollfilm. Dagor f6.8 Double Anastigmat or Sico f3.5 Rüdersdorf
  Anastigmat lens in focusing mount. Iris diaphram to f22. Dial Compur
  shutter 1-300. An unusual variation has leather-covered body,
  slightly larger in size, and different controls." (McKeown, 1994).

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: S6110.00001
VIDEODISC 1, FRAME NUMBER: 33

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
Lothrop, Eaton S., Jr. --A Century of Cameras from the Collection of the International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House.-- Dobbs Ferry, NY: Morgan & Morgan, 1973. pp 156.//
Hasbroeck, Paul-Henry van. --150 Classic Cameras: From 1839 to the Present.-- London: Sotheby's Publications, 1989. pp 126.//
McKeown, Jim & McKeown, Joan. --McKeown's Price Guide to Antique & Classic Cameras: 1995-1996.-- Grantsburg, WI: Centennial Photo, 1994. pp 388.//
George Eastman House Information File - Technology Collection.//