Adox Polomat I Viewfinder Camera

[bigdawg]

Not often seen or talked about but still a very nice lightweight camera. Has match needle light meter that is very accurate. Only thing is to make it light weight they used quite a bit of plastic. Still nicely done.

[Doug T.]

Hey Dawg!

Nice lookin camera you've got there! I've always liked the look and feel of the late 50s / early 60s German cameras.
Most of them are pretty decent picture takers as well.
I think that by the mid 60s, most of the German makers were on the ropes, done in by cheap imports, much the same as the problems we seem to be having with them these days.

Doug

[Just Plain Curt]

I collect several cameras in this body style. Voigtlander/Balda/Regula/Adox/Rocca/Dacora/Vredeborch and Certex are all similar shape.
My Polomat is missing the Adox emblem otherwise works and looks nice.

[bigdawg]

Thanks guys. Glad to here I'm not the only one to own one,

[melek]

One of Adox cameras is missing the emblem, too. I like the looks of this camera. And I agree that this era of nonfolding cameras is rather interesting.

[bigdawg]

Jan 7, 2012 23:17:59 GMT -5 melek said:

One of Adox cameras is missing the emblem, too. I like the looks of this camera. And I agree that this era of nonfolding cameras is rather interesting.

This period was the heyday of the non-folding rangefinder and the beginning of the SLR era. So many different manufacturers from so many different countries.