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Waynemel
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Username: Waynemel
Post Number: 27
Registered: 08-2009
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 11:52 am: | 
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I found an old German zone focus camera at a thrift shop for $4. It is labelled as a Feinnette, Heinnette or maybe a Seinnette. The text is in a script font and the first letter is hard to make out. It was obviously a budget camera since it is constructed from stamped sheet metal and has a simple shutter with 4 speeds and B.
Has anyone heard of this make? The only thing I can find online is a single example for sale on Ebay. |
Msiegel
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Username: Msiegel
Post Number: 146
Registered: 03-2008
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, October 22, 2009 - 03:39 am: |
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Would you mind posting a picture of your camera? I'm Austrian and should be able to read the camera name.
Or if there is a link to the Ebay item would you post it? |
Waynemel
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Username: Waynemel
Post Number: 28
Registered: 08-2009
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, October 22, 2009 - 05:59 am: |
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Here is the link to the Ebay listing. My camera is identical.
http://cgi.ebay.ca/VINT-WESTERN-GERMANY-CAMERA-W-LEATHER-CASE-FEINETTE_W0QQitemZ 310175536810QQcmdZViewItemQQptZFilm_Cameras?hash=item4837e716aa |
Harryrag
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Username: Harryrag
Post Number: 121
Registered: 05-2008
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, October 22, 2009 - 08:47 am: |
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That one is a Steinette, made by Steiner Bayreuth/ Bavaria. AFAIK the company nowadays is in the bino business. Cameras ending in -ette were awfully en vogue in GER in the mid-fifties, like Akarette, Paxette, all their names indicating smallness, harmlessness, as Germans then had to prove to themselves and the world they were smart, I guess. |
Waynemel
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Username: Waynemel
Post Number: 29
Registered: 08-2009
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, October 22, 2009 - 11:56 am: |
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Thanks. Now that the spelling is clear, I was able to find that this was also marketed in Britain as the "Hunter 35". |
Rlc
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Username: Rlc
Post Number: 88
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, October 22, 2009 - 02:53 pm: |
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Wayne; Your Steinette shows a value of $30-$50 in Mceown's Price guide 1997/1998.
It will be interesting to see what the one on eBay will bring as a comparison of then and now.
Richard. |
