ELJY Lumiere cameras
the little 35mm french camera!
In 1937, this company, launches one of very first the 24 x36 French mm. The camera, tiny, uses a film which is specific for him. It will evolve until 1951, year when it will be replaced by Eljy Club. Eljy comes from Lumière, like Lumière brothers. The company was rested by the two pioneers of the cinema. The tube which supports the lens and the shutter is extractable. The finder is Galileo type and assembled on top. The shutter have speeds: 1/10, 1/25, 1/50, 1/100 and 1/125, plus the exposures T and B. Focusing goes from 0,50 m to infinitum, the lens most frequent lens used is a Lypar 50mm f3,5.

Here are the first and the rare second versions of Eljy, all black with f.:3,5 and 4,5 lenses max aperture.

Produced by	Model	Year	peculiarity	peculiarity	click on Picture to see it large	click on Picture to see it large
ELJY Lumiere	ELJY 1	1937	Eight pictures on special film, tspeed from 1/25 to 1/100 sec., most have separate cocking lever, lens Lypar f:3,5
ELJY Lumiere	ELJY 2	1939	Eight pictures on special film, speed from 1/25 to 1/100 sec., lens Lypar f:4,5
ELJY Lumiere	Super ELJY type 3	1939	top speed 1/125 sec., chrome body edges, lens Lypar f:3,5
ELJY Lumiere	Super ELJY type A	1944	top speed 1/150 sec., most have separate cocking lever, lens Lypar f:3,5
ELJY Lumiere	Super ELJY type 5	1945	top speed 1/150 sec., most have separate cocking lever, lens Lypar f:3,5
ELJY Lumiere	Super ELJY type 6	1945	top speed 1/200 sec., new separate cocking lever with short race, different position of logo ELJY, laterally near shutter release, lens Lypar f:3,5
ELJY Lumiere	ELJY type 7	1951	top speed 1/200 sec., separate cocking lever, lens Lypar 40mm f:3,5, time speeds and diaphragm values are over the lense.
ELJY Lumiere	ELJY Club type 8	1951	The Eljy Club was a modernised version of the Super Eljy with a superior lens and shutter, with extinction meter , Lypar 40:3,5 , Atos or Athos 2 shutter , also made in blue, green, yellow, red, browmn or white covering.
ELJY Lumiere	ELJY Club type 9	1958	The Eljy Club was a modernised version of the Super Eljy with a superior lens and shutter, with extinction meter , Lypar 40:3,5 , Atos or Athos 2 shutter , this variant has memo film holder on advance film knob.
ELJY Lumiere	ELJY Club type 10	1960	This Eljy Club has not extinction meter , Lypar 45:3,5. The first and only with accessory shoe on top. The last one of this family.

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NDR: a special thank to "Cyclope", the french magazine, where I founded the most complete history of ELJY.