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Waynemel
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Username: Waynemel
Post Number: 36
Registered: 08-2009
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, February 28, 2011 - 06:43 pm: | 
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I have picked up a Braun Paxette that seems a little unusual. At least my research has not turned up an image like this one.
It has a Prontor SVS shutter with interlocking aperture and shutter speed and an LV number indicator. The lens Is an Enna Werk Plastigon 50/2.8. It has an extinction light meter and no rangefinder. I have found a reference to this combination as a Paxette I (second generation), but I was wondering how common it is.
Has anyone seen this combination before? |
Steve_s
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Username: Steve_s
Post Number: 178
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, February 28, 2011 - 11:52 pm: |
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Specification-wise it seems to match the Paxette IL on this page: http://www.ukcamera.com/classic_cameras/braun1.htm
The model variations of the Paxette range are very confusing, though! |
Waynemel
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Username: Waynemel
Post Number: 39
Registered: 08-2009
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, March 01, 2011 - 05:24 am: |
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You might be right. I've seen this page before, but I was reading "bright frame finder" as being a larger viewfinder as on the much later models.
If you look at this chart, the IL has the higher top plate.
http://www.on-photos.net/appareils_anciens/braun_paxette.php?id_marque=47 |
Steve_s
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Username: Steve_s
Post Number: 179
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, March 02, 2011 - 12:38 am: |
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You're right. 'L' appears to stand for Leuchtrahmensucher (=bright frame finder).
What about second-generation Paxette I, without a suffix. This site http://www.collection-appareils.fr/braun/html/Braun_paxette_I_1954.php describes it as "rare". I can't find any record of it with a Plastigon lens, which would make it even rarer!
I stand by what I said about them being confusing. |
