DeMaria-Lapierre Telka XX

Telka XX second model

Telka XX is a medium format folding film camera, manufactured by DeMaria-Lapierre, Paris, France and produced between 1950-1960.

There are two models of the Telka XX with a few versions. First model is with folding frame viewfinder and the second with integrated reverse telescopic viewfinder in the top plate and introduced c.1954.

Specifications

• Format: 120 roll film, 6x9cm
• Lenses:
  • Anastigmat DeMaria-Lapierre (3 elements)
  • Manar 110mm f/4.5
  • Aperture: f/4.5-f/32
• Focus range: 2.5-12m +inf
• Focusing: manual, front element
• Shutter:
  • First model: Dehel, speeds 1/25-1/175 + B&T
  • Second model: Gitzo-Paris, speeds: 1/25-1/200 + B&T
• Flash sync in second model
• Self-timer
• Exposure setting aid: (called "Autocal" in French) in late second model
  • 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

Links

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