Sociedad Ibero-Americana de la Historia
de la Fotografia Museo Fotográfico y Archivo Historico "Adolfo Alexander"
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Alsaphot Cyclope
Made by Alsaphot France the inventor of Alsaflex the first camera to use rotary focal plane shutter synchronizing strobe at 1/1000 ! ....in 1952 ! Forerunner of Olympus Pen-F.
6x9cm
viewfinder camera of unique design, rare model with luminous objective
Saphir 3,5/105mm Nr.474650 in Prontor SV, There were also vesions with 4.5
lenses and Prontor II or eventually Prontor S. This unique design uses
internal mirrors to reduce the volume, eliminate the bellows, struds, give
more rigity to the body unit, and minimize parallax. In the bottom, you can
see the optical diagram.
Year: 1953
general view
Close view of shutter and lens assembly
Rear view of the camera
Top view
Bottom view
Optical Diagram
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