Pupille

      Pupille  

      Film Size: 127

      Shutter: Compur T, B, 1-1/300

      Lens: Jos. Schneider & Co. Kreuznach 4.5cm f/2

      Dates: 1931-1935

      Original List Price: $75.00

      Condition: 7

      PupilleFirst made by Nagel-Werke, then by Kodak AG from 1932. The lens is mounted on a helical tube and focuses down to 13 inches. The unusual film carrier design includes top of body and viewfinder as shown at right, with no mechanical connections between lens/shutter assembly and camera top.
      Pupille-3.jpg (15584 bytes) The Pupille was about the most advanced 127-format camera ever built. It came with a Leitz-Wetzlar rangefinder that fit onto the two lugs adjacent to the viewfinder.

      The camera is rarely found today complete with the original rangefinder.

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