Salex - Antique and Vintage Cameras

Salex Pocket Focal-Plane Camera

c. 1921

City Sale & Exchange

London

England

Image of Salex Pocket Focal-Plane Camera

Lens:
f4.5, 13.5 cm Zeiss Tessar, iris diaphragm to f32. Serial no. 377931 .

Shutter:
Focal-plane speeded 1/15 - 1/1000.

Construction:
Leather covered metal body, leather bellows.

Format:
3 ¼" x 4 ¼" plates held in single metal slides.

Focusing:
Helical to 8 feet.

Attributes:
Direct vision (lens/lens) view-finder.

With:
Focusing screen.

The Salex Focal-Plane is a re-branded camera from Murer of Milan. It was introduced in the early 1920s remaining on sale for a few years. It was produced in sizes of 6 x 4.5 cm, 3 ½" x 2 ½", 3 ¼" x 4 ¼" and postcard / 5" x 4".

A wide range of lenses was available: f5.5 Salex Anastigmat, f4.5 Salex Anastigmat, f4.5 Zeiss Tessar, f4.5 Ross and an f3.9 Salex Anastigmat on the 3 ½" x 2 ½" size (introduced 1923). The Tessar was not generally available on the postcard size. f6.5 Dallon telephoto lenses of 6", 9" and 11" were available for the 6 x 4.5 cm, 3 ½" x 2 ½", 3 ¼" x 4 ¼" models respectively.

References & Notes:
BJA 1922, p. 605. BJA 1923, p. 590. BJA 1924, p. 562.


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