Little Italian

[photax]

Hi !

Half a year ago I bought a worn off little box camera for ca. 1.- at a flea market. Today weather was bad and girlfriend was busy, so I spent one hour restoring it. It`s a CMF "N.Gabri"-Box made in Milan, Italy 1938. After WWII the company was renamed in CMF Bencini and manufactured the "Comet" cameras. The impressive lens of the box: 1:11 / 75. I had to dip into the spare parts box to find some fitting screws, a red film window and a piece of leather covering from a dissassembled camera. I also sanded the rusty parts and painted them new and adjusted the shutter, now the camera works again. This box surely have no high value, but I think every old camera is worth to be saved
Here are some pictures:







MIK

[Doug T.]

Hi MIK!
That's a neat little camera. What size film does it take?
Doug

[mickeyobe]

MIK,

It's an interesting little camera and has been very nicely restored.

I like your excellent before and after pictures.

Mickey

[photax]

Hi !

Have many thanks guys The negative size is 4x6cm ( 1.5x2.36 inch ). Here are some other Italian boxes from left to right: Ferrania-box with the same lens 1:11/75, also 4x6 from 1936, Ferrania Rondine 4x5.5cm with focussing Linear 75 from 1948, the CMF box and for comparison an standard sized Ansco Shur Flash from the 1950`s.



MIK

[daveh]

The only Ferrania I've ever had was CR50 slide film and developer.


Nice collection, MIK.