Edixa is a brand of

camera A camera is an optical instrument that can capture an image. Most cameras can capture 2D images, with some more advanced models being able to capture 3D images. At a basic level, most cameras consist of sealed boxes (the camera body), with a ...

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, 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 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. A Tessar com ...

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 (patent number GB 22,607) 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 elimination of most of t ...

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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