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The Super Boy camera is appeared in the early 50's. At its beginning, this little
camera was made in red paperwork (So, Fritz Kaftanski did not made only
bakelite cameras). No need to say that now this first model is very
difficult to find... In 1956, the bakelite replaces the paperwork. |
FEX Super-Boy
User
manual Super Boy |
The meniscus lens is a Tourret-Narat. On the first produced
cameras, the lens are labeled "Fexar-Optic-Spec". This designation will
disappear later on. The shutter has only one speed.
This camera is made for format 127 rollfilm which gives negatives of
3 x 4 cm. The lens can accommodate an object located between 1,50m to
the infinite.
As any other FEX cameras, this one was produced in numerous
variants :
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With or without rivets allowing to attach a handle. |
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A folding viewfinder (1st model) or integrated to the
body. |
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The front plate fixed with two rivets or glued. |
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It was used as support for ads (GRAF cheese,
Mickey magazine, ...) |
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Gilles Moreau mentions a variant named "Champion"
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Additional accessories were available:
| Sun visor |
| Color filter |
| Special lens for portrait (Distance between 0,50m to 1,50m) |
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