Post by Stephen on Aug 16, 2013 17:03:05 GMT -5
Well ...this is going to cost me!...,,a friend, or he used to be...., is bringing round a German camera tomorrow, a Ucaflex, with standard Zeiss lens, this reflex semi SLR camera is very rare to say the least,.... it was the German Periflex, and Sir Kenneth Corfield always denied he got any ideas from the Uca camera.
It uses a Periscope view, like the Periflex, but moves the entire miniature pentaprism out of the way to allow the shot. The viewfinder becomes a direct view as the shutter is released. Some were 24x24 format, some full frame on late models, of which the one coming here is.
Ken Corfield never bothered to add a Pentaprism to the Periflex, allowing only a reversed mirror image for focusing, unlike the Ucaflex, which has a true image of the centre of the shot. The Ucacamera has screw on lenses and is the thickness and size of a Leica. It took Exakta lenses via an adaptor as an extra feature.
Agfa took over the company and the complex camera was only produced in limited numbers.
Trading in this league of rarity is going to be expensive or an exchange of say... a Reid!! if cash is involved ...phew!
Stephen.
It uses a Periscope view, like the Periflex, but moves the entire miniature pentaprism out of the way to allow the shot. The viewfinder becomes a direct view as the shutter is released. Some were 24x24 format, some full frame on late models, of which the one coming here is.
Ken Corfield never bothered to add a Pentaprism to the Periflex, allowing only a reversed mirror image for focusing, unlike the Ucaflex, which has a true image of the centre of the shot. The Ucacamera has screw on lenses and is the thickness and size of a Leica. It took Exakta lenses via an adaptor as an extra feature.
Agfa took over the company and the complex camera was only produced in limited numbers.
Trading in this league of rarity is going to be expensive or an exchange of say... a Reid!! if cash is involved ...phew!
Stephen.
