Name this camera body

[venchka]

From the Texas Photo Forum. Can anyone name this camera body?

Thanks!

 

[Todd.Hanz]

i just see an "X", I don't think your image posted 🙁

Todd

 

[venchka]

Bummer. Works for me.

Try this........

 

[VictorM.]

Hansa Canon-1936: http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/camera/f_camera.html

 

[BrianShaw]

Fred... I think the body's name is (or should be) Fred.

 

[venchka]

Thanks y'all. 10 minutes for the correct answer. Y'all are GOOD!

 

[Ash]

I want one now 😀

 

[John Robertson]

Too Easy😉
Try these two:- Names and countries of Origin?
I blanked out the names in the pictures.
#No prizes, just fun!

 

[kbg32]

Too Easy😉
Try these two:- Names and countries of Origin?
I blanked out the names in the pictures.
#No prizes, just fun!

Left camera - Czechoslovakia. Right camera England. ??

 

[joshmlevine]

The one on the right looks like a Witness, made in England by Ilford, and designed by two ex Zeiss and Leica designers.

 

[jlw]

Galileo Condor I and Ilford Witness?

The "Sirio Firenze" name on the lens ring is a pretty good tip-off that the camera on the left is Italian, and I think Officine Galileo used the Condor name for some of its Leica-like 35s. What I can't remember was whether the Condor I was tne non-RF and the Condor II the RF, or vice-versa.

I'm more positive about the Witness. The Dallmeyer Super-Six lens is a hint that it's an English camera.

The Witness is pretty darn rare. Do you actually have one, or did you just bag the picture from somewhere to tantalize us?

 

[vrgard]

Fred... I think the body's name is (or should be) Fred.

"Fred" has my vote. 😛

Good one, Brian!

 

[erikhaugsby]

The Witness is pretty darn rare. Do you actually have one, or did you just bag the picture from somewhere to tantalize us?

There is a short write-up here, and the picture provided earlier in this thread looks much like the first on in the link.

 

[John Robertson]

you lot are a right smart bunch.🙄
Siro made in Florence Italy, (I don't think there is a connection with Officio Gallileo, who made the Condor, in itself a nice camera.) The Siro I own, simple camera 4 speeds, triplet lens made about 1948. cute but not a great picture maker.
The other is indeed an Ilford Witness, own one? I wish!!! I was offered one about 20yrs ago for £100, didn't have the cash. Now worth about £2000+ depending on condition.
Thats life!!!
A beautiful camera, nicer than the other British "Leica " the Reid I think. More inovative at least.
I have a 2inch f2 Taylor Hobson, the Reid standard lens, and use it on my Bessa R2, its quite superb.
I have a collection of camera photos collected off the web over a number of years for reference.
Thanks for trying folks!!😎

Thanks for the link Eric, it wasn't the source of the picture.

 

[jlw]

Yeah, I got my Italian cameras confused. Now that I'm at home where I've got some reference books, I can see that the left camera pictured is a Sirio Elettra II from about 1950. The lens is a 40mm f/5.6 Sculptor (interesting name!)

The Galileo Condor was a leaf-shutter camera; I've attached a picture I scanned out of one of the old Jason Schneider books.

 

[John Robertson]

The Condor was a nice camera, it was sold in the UK as a Ferrania Condor for a short time. Thats the lens on my Elettra the "Sculptor" all I can say is his chisel was pretty blunt. Its coated, but even at F11 only the centre is really sharp.

 

[Scarpia]

you lot are a right smart bunch.🙄
A beautiful camera, nicer than the other British "Leica " the Reid I think. More inovative at least.
I have a 2inch f2 Taylor Hobson, the Reid standard lens, and use it on my Bessa R2, its quite superb.
I have a collection of camera photos collected off the web over a number of years for reference.
Thanks for trying folks!!😎
I have the 2 inch Taylor Hobson Cooke Amotal, but have used it rarely. Two years ago I used it and posted a picture here that I took with it because I was amazed at the quality after all these years. It sits on my Bessa T now.
Kurt M.

 

[rbiemer]

There is a short write-up here, and the picture provided earlier in this thread looks much like the first on in the link.

Oh, great. I followed that link, Erik, and now I want one of these: KI Monobar :bang:
OK, OK, it's no one's fault but my own. Really, thanks for that link! Lots of interesting cameras there. Don't believe I have ever seen any Ilford camreas in person and have not really looked at the examples I've come across on the bay...and I do like that 1950s "hi-fi" aesthetic.
Rob

 

[Will]

Yeah, I got my Italian cameras confused. Now that I'm at home where I've got some reference books, I can see that the left camera pictured is a Sirio Elettra II from about 1950. The lens is a 40mm f/5.6 Sculptor (interesting name!)

The Galileo Condor was a leaf-shutter camera; I've attached a picture I scanned out of one of the old Jason Schneider books.

1 or 2 more stop, and it's a foucs free camera.

Interesting!