Makina I type 1 - front front right sideshows shutter release knob as well as the diaphragm slider.
WARA exclusively engraved for distribution by Wauckosin.
No coupled rangefinder.
Plaubel Makina
Basic design
6˝ X 9 CM
German Press Camera
PLAUBEL MAKINA I
WARA
Type 1
1920-1924
There exist 10 types of Plaubel Makina cameras
all based on the same basic design.
Namely a front lens plate and a rear store case with film holder. Front and rear
are connected by a collapsible scissor system.
The front can be stored into the back.
The front plate lens holder 120 x 85 mm is fitted with a chrome sports finder frame,
a build
in lens, an exposure dial and Time, Bulb and Instant dial.
In German: Zeit, Beliebig and Moment.
On the front beneath the lens, a shutter cocking lever which is directly
connected to the Compur shutter.
Next to the lens also direct connected to the shutter you'll find the exposure
dial.
On the right side the release knob is placed as well as the
diaphragm sliding control.
The rear case is equipped with a sliding slot for ground glass or film/plate
holder.
Folded together it is a very compact 6 1/2 x 9 format camera, very best
suitable for the press photographer.
Makina I type 1 - front front right sideshows shutter release knob as
well as the diaphragm slider.
WARA exclusively engraved for distribution by Wauckosin.
No coupled rangefinder.
Type 2
1924-1931
Dial shutter time setting like Type 1,
The optical finder moved to the left
side. From now on collapsible. To be used in combination with front cross hair
lens.
Rear lens cell mounted on thin plate.
Objective Anticomar 3,2 / 100 cm rare. Often equiped with 2,9 /100 mm which
exist out of
3 groups from which the front and rear are dismountable. Focus distance 1,5 M.
Compur shutter 1,2,5,10,25,50,100 and 1/200 sec. Cocking lever right below the
lens.
Carrying handle.
Different variations:
Baffles equipped with openings to let the air escape when folding the camera
bellows.
PLAUBEL MAKINA I
type 3
1931 - 1935
Plaubel Makina Camera.
Horizontal width: 142 mm
Vertical Height: l00mm
Height with front closed 38mm included ground glass frame
open 123mm
Weight 750 g.
Leather covered stamped aluminium case 13x10,5x1,5. Neck strap rings. Two
tripod
nuts on top and trigger side. On top next to the release, folding black
finished rectangular peep hole plate plate 27x35mm with
5 mm bluish rear lens. In the middle a folding rod for use with the front
sportsfinder.
Vertical side, near the viewfinder, polished scissor sliding mechanism
polished and frame Image window 64x88mm. Camera number at the bottom of the
case.
Focusing side - Black leather bellows, very slightly pyramidal strut folders in
electroplated nickel silver ('Neusilber)
ensuring the positioning of the front plate and the focusing up to 1.5 meters:
distance scale under the
viewfinder glass, slightly sloping.
Black lacquered 82x128mm front plate, carrying the lens / shutter assembly
Plaubel Anticomar
2.9 / 100mm lens; front lens diameter 34mm.
On top of the lens, threaded connection for filters with a diameter of 41mm
Compur S shutter embedded in
the the front plate Speed.
Selection shutter speed (T-B-1-2-5-10-25-50-100-200)
done
by rotating a disc surrounding the lens, operated by a small lever marked "R" (Regulierung)
= Adjusting
Self-timer (12 seconds) controlled by a small button marked "V" (Vorlauf),
located next to
the lens. On the top of the front plate a 20x28mm folding front lens of the
Galileo's viewfinder with cross hair and
next to it a standard cable release socket On the vertical side of the front
plate (viewfinder side), trigger
marked "A" (Auslöser) and diaphragm selector engraved 2 , 9-4.5-6-9-12-18-25.
Opposite side, shutter cocking button marked S (Spannen), and focusing wheel
(diameter 15mm) Above and
below the plate, two push-buttons to release the scissors in order to retract
the front plate.
Sports viewfinder in metal wire, foldable on the black front plate.
In fact the same camera as the basic model except:
Rimmed shutter exposure time setting around the lens.
But the diaphragm slider remained on right side of the front plate while the
shutter release knob moved to the top of the front plate.
Equiped with Anticomar 4,2/100 mm or 2,9 100 mm lens.
Folding crosshair optical viewfinder on the front in combination with bluish eye piece
hinged placed on the right of the rear
side.
Coupled rangefinder. As from 1922 also available with Anticomar 3,2
Rangefinder with one rectangular and one round window.
MAKINA II
TYPE 4
1933-1939
Like Plaubel Makina II
type 3
however exposure shutter time and diaphragm rim around the lens.
Flash connector.
MAKINA II S
Type 6 Flash connection 1946-1949
MAKINA III
Type 7 X/M flash selector 1949-1953
MAKINA III R
Type 8 Rapid Compur 1/400 sec. 3 pole connector 1953-1960
Type 9 Objective Anticomar
MAKINA STEREO
Type 10 Stereo Makina 45 x 107 1911-1930