Vollenda 48
The Vollenda was a line of models made by Nagel, later Kodak AG. The camera series was launched in 1929.
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| Vollenda for 127 film; Radionar lens version image by Mark O'Brien (Image rights) |
While there was a Vollenda 620, the best known Vollenda is the 3×4cm format Vollenda 48. It was a very compact folding camera making 16 exposures on the 127 film. It existed with a folding frame finder or a folding optical finder.
The lens and shutter combinations included:
- Schneider Radionar 5cm f:4.5 with Pronto 25-100
- Schneider Radionar 5cm f:3.5 with Compur 300
- Schneider Radionar 5cm f:3.5 with Compur-Rapid 500
- Schneider Xenar 5cm f:3.5 with Compur 300
- Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 5cm f:3.5 with Compur 300
- Leitz Elmar 5cm f:3.5 with Compur 300
- Schneider Xenar 5cm f:2.9 with Compur 300
- Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 5cm f:2.8 with Compur 300
The cheapest ones had front cell focusing, the most expensive had helical focusing.
At the same time, Nagel was manufacturing the Pupille, a 3×4cm rigid camera that was a more expensive alternative to the Vollenda.
Links
- Vollenda 48 at Mike Elek's camera site [1]
- list of Vollenda types at ukcamera.com [2]
- Vollenda 620 manual on Mike Butkus's Manual site
- Vollenda with Kodak lens @ www.orphancameras.com
- Vollenda at Sylvain Halgand's www.collection-appareils.fr
