DeMaria-Lapierre Telka II

Telka II image by Néstor Lafón-Gracia  (Image rights)

Telka II is a medium format folding 120 film camera manufactured by DeMaria-Lapierre, Paris, France and introduced in 1950.

There are a few versions of the Telka II. Export versions have bilingual Autocall.

SpecificationsEdit

• Format: 120 roll, 4.5x6cm
• Self erecting bellows
• Lenses:
  • Anastigmat Demaria Lapierre 75mm f/3.5 (4 elements)
  • Manar 75mm f/3.5
  • Aperture: f/3.5-f/23
  • Focus range: 1.5-10m +inf
• Focusing: manual, front element
• Shutter: Prontor-S, speed 1-1/300 +B
• Exposure setting aid:(called "Autocal" in French)
  • This is the camera's special exposure setting aid (a kind of exposure table) synchronised with the shutter.It's not coupled to aperture setting.
  • The lens front is masked. This mask has four windows, named in French: gris = grey, sombre = dark, brillant = brilliant, and clair = clear for the light conditions. One or more of the windows show an aperture setting suggestion, the other window(s) the non = not. eg. when the speed setting is 1/25, the aperture numbers appear in windows as Bright = 11, clear = 8, gray = 6.3, dark= not
• Viewfinder: optical Galilee folding frame
• Flash sync X and M
• Self-timer

LinksEdit

• Telka II, Telka II, Telka II and Telka II at Sylvain Halgand's www.collection-appareils.fr