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     Winfried Rating: N/A |
First, I also have a PaxM4 camera. There is little information available, maybe due to the fact that many Pax cameras were sold with other designators (I have collected almost half a dozen different model names). The very first model I have heard of looks similar to a miniature Leica and has two windows for the rangefinder plus one rectangular for the viewfinder, and of course two eyepieces. All Pax cameras I have heard of have an Mx designator - from M1 to M4, main differences are the arrangement of the rangefinder, advance button/crank and rewind button/crank. The M4 has a single eyepiece bright frame viewfinder/rangefinder, advance crank and rewind crank. These features were introduced by and by after the M1. The lens is a three-element lens - I have disassembled it completely and the third element is not cemented. But it performs quite well. There are quite a few cameras with triplet lenses with are unit-focussed. It is possible to design both three- and four-element anastigmats for front cell or unit focussing - there are also some examples of front-element focussing Tessar style lenses, and also versions of the original Tessar with front element focussing. |