AKW Arette 1c

[John Robertson]

Anyone using one of these. Mine was boxed,unused bought at an estate sale of a deceased opticians shop.
CRF, 1-1/300 Prontor SVS, f2.8 Schneider Xenar unit focussing lens.
AKW Factory set up in the old Zeppelin factory in Freidrichshafen on Lake Constance Southern Bavaria.in 1946 lasted into the 1960's.

 

[KoNickon]

Lovely! I have never heard of these. A rangefinder (not zone focus), I take it? Is it working OK?

 

[John Robertson]

Coupled R/F with parallax corrected frame, R/F is spot on, shutter and everything OK delayed action a bit slow but I will never use that anyway. The camera looks brand new as does the very nice chrome trimmed case. I'm putting a film through it just now. it also came with a UV filter and rubber lens hood in their boxes. just as well the thread size is 32mm!! Although leitz 36mm clamp on fits as well. Even has nice screw in lens cap and instruction book. AKW is better known for their interchangeable lens Akarelle and Akarex cameras.

 

[Benjamin Marks]

Sweet machine! Let us know what the pix are like. - Ben

 

[John Robertson]

Thanks Ben I will try to get some stuff posted over the weekend. these look as though they are the first films ever through the camera, it still had a protective paper cover over the pressure plate!!

 

[John Robertson]

Pics from the Arette.1c

Pics from the Arette.1c

Ben here are the pics from the test film, I'm well pleased with the results. 😀
Shot on Fortepan100, developed in T-Max for 5.5mins.

 

[Bertram2]

Anyone using one of these. Mine was boxed,unused bought at an estate sale of a deceased opticians shop.
CRF, 1-1/300 Prontor SVS, f2.8 Schneider Xenar unit focussing lens.
AKW Factory set up in the old Zeppelin factory in Freidrichshafen on Lake Constance Southern Bavaria.in 1946 lasted into the 1960's.

Ahh, one from the days when cameras were still cameras ! 🙂 I still wonder what storage conditions are needed to keep a leather case in such a condition ?
The Schneider Xenar lens is a gem, sure some projected slides shot with this lens would make me gliddy. 😀 This camera is a treasure.

Bertram