Pilot Reflex - Antique and Vintage Cameras

Pilot Reflex

1931

Kamera Werkstätten Guthe & Thorsch

Dresden

Germany

Image of Pilot Reflex

Lens:
f3.5, 5 cm Tessar, iris diaphragm to f22. Serial no. 1253000 .

Shutter:
Rim-set Compur, speeds 1 - 1/300, B, T. Serial no. 2399185.

Construction:
Leather covered metal body.

Format:
16, 4 x 3 cm exposures on 127 roll-film. The film counter runs to 18.

Focusing:
Bellows to 3' 3".

Attributes:
Reflex viewing through second lens. Ground glass focusing screen showing image reduced in height. Magnifier in hood.
Film advance indicated by counter, not coupled to shutter. Lever film-advance. Red window used when loading film.
Secondary direct-vision (lens/lens) finder.

Serial Number:
1230 .

With:
Case.

The Pilot was a very well-made camera of unusual design for exposures on 127 size roll-film. Early models had either a f2.8 or f3.5 Tessar, this was later expanded to include an f2 Biotar, f2.9 Xenar, f3.5 Xenar and f/2.7 Meyer Makro-Plasmat. Later models could be fitted with a Compur shutter with speeds to 1/500. The price was £17.10.0.

References & Notes:
BJA 1932, pp. 136, 275. BJA 1934, p. 133. BJA 1935, p. 133. BJA 1936, p. 125. Minit&Cine, 1938, p. 37.

Pilot Reflex

1931

Kamera Werkstätten Guthe & Thorsch

Dresden

Germany

Image of Pilot Reflex

Lens:
f3.5, 5 cm Tessar, iris diaphragm to f22. Serial no. 1256108 .

Shutter:
Rim-set Compur, speeds 1 - 1/300, B, T. Serial no. 2576250.

Construction:
Leather covered metal body.

Format:
16, 4 x 3 cm exposures on 127 roll-film. The film counter runs to 18.

Focusing:
Bellows, focusing scale to 1 metre.

Attributes:
Reflex viewing through second lens. Ground glass focusing screen showing image reduced in height. Magnifier in hood.
Film advance indicated by counter, not coupled to shutter. Lever film-advance. Red window used when loading film.
Secondary direct-vision (lens/lens).

Notes:
Retailer's label: Photohaus Benedik, Vienna, Rotenturm Str. 29.

With:
Optichron yellow filter. Case.

Similar to the previous entry with minor differences.


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