Information wanted, Krisall 1.

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Information required on the Italian Kristall 1 camera, I bought one today, and cant find any info on it.
Can anyone give me some info please.


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Dave.
 
Yes I have been on that site, no info on the Kristall 1, just the later model.

Thanks
dave.
 
They'll likely be fairly similar although the one you have looks like a simple scale focus camera as theres no rangefinder like with the R model linked. What sort of information do you actually want? It looks to me like it takes L39 screw fit lenses (the old Leica screw mount) and is just a simple manual scale finder camera.
 
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dizidav said:
Yes I have been on that site, no info on the Kristall 1, just the later model.

Thanks
dave.
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Oops, sorry Dave that'll teach me to not read posts properly.

I did just find that a Kristall R sold for £368 at Christies in 1996 so the Kristall 1 maybe even rarer.
 
s162216 said:
They'll likely be fairly similar although the one you have looks like a simple scale focus camera as theres no rangefinder like with the R model linked. What sort of information do you actually want? It looks to me like it takes L39 screw fit lenses (the old Leica screw mount) and is just a simple manual scale finder camera.
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Info like when it was made, I know its an Italian Leica copy, similar to the Leica 1,as you say its a L39 screw, my 111a lens fits but, it would be nice to find out how old it is, and what lens should have been fitted.

Dave.
 
Its not quite a Leica copy as unlike the proper Leica's it has no rangefinder, I would estimate late 1940's to early 1950's, the standard lens would probably have been a 50mm f2 or f1.8 or even an f1.4 of some description depending on the price of the camera.
 
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The only reference i can find to it my books is that the your model was from 1955 and came with a Elionar 5cm lens with an aperature of F3.5.

Hope this might help you:)
 
Groucho said:
The only reference i can find to it my books is that the your model was from 1955 and came with a Elionar 5cm lens with an aperature of F3.5.

Hope this might help you:)
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Thanks for that, I have found an Italian Leica copy site with some info, only 700 made copy of the Leica 1..

Dave.
 
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