Edixa is a brand of

camera A camera is an instrument used to capture and store images and videos, either digitally via an electronic image sensor, or chemically via a light-sensitive material such as photographic film. As a pivotal technology in the fields of photograp ...

manufacturer Wirgin Kamerawerk which was based in Wiesbaden,

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. The product line included several 35mm cameras and 16mm Edixa 16 subminiature cameras designed by Heinz Waaske from the 1950s to the 1970s.

35mm cameras

Edixa Reflex The Edixa Reflex cameras, introduced in 1954, were West Germany's most popular own series of SLR's with focal plane shutter. The original name of the first Edixa SLR was Komet. The Wirgin company had to change the name after complaints of two ot ...

, with Steinheil Quinon 1.9/55mm, Isco Travegar 2.8/50mm *Edixa-MAT REFLEX *Edixa REX TTL *Universal edixamat cd *Edixa Stereo *Edixa Electronica *Edixa motoric

16mm subminiature cameras

*Edixa 16, with Isco Travegar 2.8/25mm lens *Edixa 16M, with Schneider-Kreuznach Xenar 2.8/25mm lens *Edixa 16MB, black model of Edixa 16M *Edixa 16U *Franka 16 *alka 16 Edixa 16M front view

*Body Alunimiu body with plastic trims。 *Lenses: high-end Edixa 16MB/Edixa 16M uses Schneider-Kreuznach Xenar 25mm f/2.8

Tessar The ''Tessar'' is a photographic lens design conceived by the German physicist Dr. Paul Rudolph in 1902 while he worked at the Zeiss optical company and patented by Zeiss in Germany; the lens type is usually known as the Zeiss ''Tessar''. Sinc ...

4-element 3-group lens, mid-range Edixa 16 uses Travegar 25mm f/2.8 Tessar lens, the rest uses TRINAR

Cooke triplet The ''Cooke triplet'' is a photographic lens designed and patented in 1893 by Dennis Taylor who was employed as chief engineer by T. Cooke & Sons of York. It was the first lens system that allowed the elimination of most of the optical distort ...

lens. *Focusing dial: unit lens movement focusing, 40mm to infinity. *Shutter: four leaves in front of the lens shutter, B, 1/30, 1/60, 1/150.

Film

Edixa 16mm uses Rollei 16 type RADA cartridge, loaded with unperforated 16mm film, film width 16mm， frame format 14x21mm, 20 exposures per cartridge.

Accessories

#Chain #Genuine leather case #Lens hood #Color filter set #1m close up attachment lens #0.5m close up lens #0.25m close up lens #AG1 flash #Selenium exposure meter coupled to the shutter #Development tank #Slide projector File:Edixa16 neck chain.JPG, Edixa chain File:Edixa 16MB leather case.JPG, Edixa 16M leather case File:Edixa16_closeup_lenses.JPG, Edixa close up lens set File:Edixa16hood.JPG, Edixa lens hood

References

* Jörg Eikmann, Ulrich Vogt: ''Kameras für Millionen – Heinz Waaske, Konstrukteur.'' Wittig Fachbuch

External links

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