This is a very nice french camera from the '1950s and said to be equivalent of the Zeiss Super Ikonta, but the materials and craftsmanship are inferior.
It’s an interesting camera because it has a coupled telemeter and it’s capable to shoot in 6x4.5 or 6x9 formats with the help of a metal masking plate. The SOM Berthiot objective is quite good stopped to F8, but very prone to flare. It's soft at apertures larger than F4 but nice for portraits.
Better if used with black and white negative film and the proper contrast filters. I love it with Kodak Tri-X, the large negative size makes the ISO 400 grain almost vanish.
Better if used with black and white negative film and the proper contrast filters. I love it with Kodak Tri-X, the large negative size makes the ISO 400 grain almost vanish.
My camera has a small misalignment of the lens/shutter assembly that makes one of the corners a bit out of focus, but this is quite normal for this class of cameras, especially this old.
A nice and impressive camera also good as a decoration piece. It was a gift from my old friend Carlos Hemais (RIP)
Lens: Som Berthiot FLOR 105mm F3.5 single coated, 4 elements (Tessar like)
Shutter: Looks like a Synchro Compur (B,1s to 1/500s)
Film type: 120 (6x4.5 and 6x9 frames)
Filter: 37 mm snap-in
A nice and impressive camera also good as a decoration piece. It was a gift from my old friend Carlos Hemais (RIP)
Lens: Som Berthiot FLOR 105mm F3.5 single coated, 4 elements (Tessar like)
Shutter: Looks like a Synchro Compur (B,1s to 1/500s)
Film type: 120 (6x4.5 and 6x9 frames)
Filter: 37 mm snap-in
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