Help - who made this camera?

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MikeDimit

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I bought this camera, but I cannot find any info about it.
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Any info would be nice, please!:D
 
I seached a bit and found that Franka and Dacora cameras where sold under the Universa label out side Germany - this one comes close to a Dacora Universa CD 35 - (a renamed Super Dignette 300 L) but not excatly - but maybe it helps to identify the cam.
 
Thanks!! Any additional info would be nice.:D

The camera body is plastic. The only weight comes from the lens which is quite heavy.
 
Well, mine does not have any origin marks, but looks like that on german ebay. The Universa Sel 35 is a true range finder with parallax correction. Mine is a scale focus . Thank you all!
 
:) Well this is it. A strange camera. Heavy metal barrel lens and very light, thin plastic parts body. The feeling is that it will crack down when used.
 
My first serious camera was a Dacora Dignette, not quite the same, but the same stable, which was a precursor to the Ilford Sportsman which for about £15 brought 35 mm photography to a generation. Thanks for the reminder!
 
Mine very first was the family Smena-Simvol. With first earned money at teenage years I bought a Smena 8m. There is something in scale focus camera - a kind of so called today lomo feeling - you shoot and the result is often a surprise. :)
 
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