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The '''Forty-Four''' quickly superseded the crude Speed Candid in 1939. This model featured a much more cleanly styled body, a [[coupled rangefinder]], a [[hot shoe]], and shutter speeds up to 1/1250. This model was current to the Fifty-Five in 1940. |
The '''Forty-Four''' quickly superseded the crude Speed Candid in 1939. This model featured a much more cleanly styled body, a [[coupled rangefinder]], a [[hot shoe]], and shutter speeds up to 1/1250. This model was current to the Fifty-Five in 1940. |
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| − | Forty Four has Variation A= Two levers in front 1939; Variation B= One lever, Variation C = One Knob for Fast & slow speeds & film rewind button, like model fifty five of 1940. Three standard lenses Known- Graf perfex Anastigmat 5cm F:2.8, 3.5 & Scienar Perfex Anastigmat 5cm F:3.5. The Scienar lens was made by General Scientific Corp of Chicago, ILLinois., makers of Tube radios also. Heavy die cast polished aluminium body camera = 28 ozs. Extinction gray scale meter& scale on back, 0.5x optical viewfinder, Coupled Green split image rangefinder, also the First American Hot shoe accesory camera for FP bulbs - Eastwestphoto 10/18/2014. |
+ | Forty Four has Variation A= Two levers in front 1939; Variation B= One lever, Variation C = One Knob for Fast & slow speeds & film rewind button, like model fifty five of 1940. Three standard lenses Known- Graf perfex Anastigmat 5cm F:2.8, 3.5 & Scienar Perfex Anastigmat 5cm F:3.5. The Scienar lens was made by General Scientific Corp of Chicago, ILLinois., makers of Tube radios also. Heavy die cast polished aluminium body camera = 28 ozs. Extinction gray scale meter& scale on back, 0.5x optical viewfinder, Coupled Green split image rangefinder, also the First American Hot shoe accesory camera for FP bulbs - Eastwestphoto 10/18/2014. |
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The '''Thirty-Three''' introduced in 1940 was essentially the same camera as the Forty-Four but with blacked out trim, and minus the slow shutter speeds. Scienar 5cm F:3.5 lens was standard |
The '''Thirty-Three''' introduced in 1940 was essentially the same camera as the Forty-Four but with blacked out trim, and minus the slow shutter speeds. Scienar 5cm F:3.5 lens was standard |
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|image_text= Perfex Fifty-Five<br /><small>by Graustark</small> |
|image_text= Perfex Fifty-Five<br /><small>by Graustark</small> |
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| − | The '''Fifty-Five''' was essentially an updated and further refined version of the Forty-Four. This model survived WWII and was discontinued in 1947. |
+ | The '''Fifty-Five''' was essentially an updated and further refined version of the Forty-Four. This model survived WWII and was discontinued in 1947. |
The '''de Luxe''' was much the same as the earlier models, but featured a stamped metal body instead of a cast one. |
The '''de Luxe''' was much the same as the earlier models, but featured a stamped metal body instead of a cast one. |
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