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INNOVATIVE CAMERAS, from 1940 to 1949

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Produced by Model Year Innovative characteristic Picture
Pignons Alpa 1 Reflex 1943 1° reflex with real rangefinder lens-coupled
Gamma Gamma Duflex 1947 1° with instant return mirror, metal focal plane shutter, semi-automatic diaphragm, bayonet mount
Pignons Alpa Prisma Reflex 1948 1° with fixed roof pentaprism finder, but with a viewing path 45 degrees, second with fixed prism-finder, a little time after Contax S and Rectaflex
Produced from 1949-52, 935 units, 305 of which had a two pin flash on the lower front of the camera
Serial numbers between 22000 and 25000
Veb Pentacon Contax S 1949 1° with modern fixed pentaprism, together with Rectaflex and Alpa Prisma Reflex
Rectaflex Rectaflex 1949 1° with modern fixed pentaprism, together with Contax S and Alpa Prisma Reflex
Veb Pentacon Praktica 1949 1° with 42x1 screw-mount. In 1949 the Praktiflex was improved, and called Praktica. It used, for the first time, and in conjunction with the Contax S, the M42x1 lens mount.