Erika I image by Thomas Knorre
Erika is a series of folding plate film cameras made by Beier. They have basic single extension bellows and with wooden bodies. After about 1930s, the bodies were metal. [1]
Models[]
Erika I[]
- Produced between c.1925-30
- Film: plate or plane film
- Formats: 6.5x9cm, 9x12cm, and 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch (1/4 plate English format) models
- Lens: Betar-Anastigmat 135mm f/4,5 [2]
- Aperture: f/4.5-f/36
- Shutter: Vario 1/25-1/100 +T & B
- Viewfinder: ground-glass plate, waist level brilliant finder and wire frame sports finder
- Vertical and horizontal moving lens standard
- Rack and pinion focusing
- Single extension bellows
- Two 3/8" tripod sockets
- Cameras with Vario shutter are very rare
Erika II[]
- Produced between c.1925-33
- Film: film packs, plate or plane film
- Formats: 6.5x9cm, 9x12cm, and 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch (1/4 plate English format) models
- Lens: Betar-Anastigmat 135mm f/4,5
- Aperture: f/4.5-f/36
- Shutter: Vario 1/25-1/100 +T & B
- Viewfinder: ground-glass plate, waist level brilliant finder and wire frame sports finder
- Vertical and horizontal moving lens standard
- Rack and pinion focusing
- Single extension bellows
- Two 3/8" tripod sockets