Swedish camera history

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This camera was used and sold by Hasselblad before he started making his own cameras, back when Hasselblad himself was only 16-17 years old.

It comes with 9x12 adapters for sheets or glass. The lens is a brass Rapid Paraplan with aperture 6,12, 24, 48, 96, 192, 384.

The lens is changable and is a screwmount. The shutter is tensioned with the focusing knob in the front side. Its released with a button the right side. There is a key for the back. It has a frame counter on the backside. The size is 22cmx13.5cmx16cm (with the lens retracted). The lens and viewfinder is clean. Around 1900 this camera cost about 225skr (During that time, a normal salary was about 1skr/day).


http://www.tradera.com/SVEAKAMERAN-9-x-12-G--auktion_91568786

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