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European Folding Reflex Cameras
Early SLRs were big, boxy, and bulky. During the 1910 - 1930 period several European manufacturers tried to reduce bulkiness by designing folding SLRs with ingenious collapsing mechanisms that managed to reduce size, but certainly not weight. Some of these folding SLRs are actually heavier than their big boxy brothers.
From left to right:
Mentor Klapp-Reflex (1913-1925), quarter plate
Ihagee Patent Klapp-Reflex (c. 1924-1939), 6.5x9
Zeiss Ikon Miroflex B (1926-1938), 9x12
Ernemann Ernoflex I (c. 1922-1926), 9X12
Newman & Guardia Folding Reflex (1921-1957), 6.5x9
Ensign Folding Reflex Model D, (c1913-1925), quarter plate
European Folding Reflex Cameras
Early SLRs were big, boxy, and bulky. During the 1910 - 1930 period several European manufacturers tried to reduce bulkiness by designing folding SLRs with ingenious collapsing mechanisms that managed to reduce size, but certainly not weight. Some of these folding SLRs are actually heavier than their big boxy brothers.
From left to right:
Mentor Klapp-Reflex (1913-1925), quarter plate
Ihagee Patent Klapp-Reflex (c. 1924-1939), 6.5x9
Zeiss Ikon Miroflex B (1926-1938), 9x12
Ernemann Ernoflex I (c. 1922-1926), 9X12
Newman & Guardia Folding Reflex (1921-1957), 6.5x9
Ensign Folding Reflex Model D, (c1913-1925), quarter plate