Specs
· Produced: 1951 by Herman Wolf GmbH, Wuppertal, Germany
· Film: type B2/120 rollfilm
· Negative Size: 6X9cm
· Lens: Focusing meniscus
· Aperture: f8, f11, f16
· Focal Range: 5 feet to infinity
· Shutter: Simple spring shutter - 1/30 sec (M), plus Time (B)
· Viewfinder: Portrait & Landscape finders with mirrors and
glass screens
For a box camera, the Gevabox comes loaded with features. It was built at the same time as the Kodak Brownie Hawkeye, but unlike the Hawkeye, it isn't just a point 'n shoot. For one, it has a focusing lense. And three choices for aperture. It makes large 6X9cm negatives on 120 film from a side-loaded cartridge. It is strongly constructed in black and chrome metal, not as tinny of metal as the Jem Jr. design. You can mount it on a tripod and use a shutter release cable for sharp exposures. It also has provisions for a flash on top, but I don't have the unit. It's a sweet little box camera with lots of latitude.
Gevabox
There are (at least) three versions of the Gevabox:
A Bakelite-moulded version, very similar to the Adox 66, taking 6x6 images on 120 film; made c.1950 for Gevaert by Hermann Wolf GmbH, Wuppertal, Germany.
single speed shutter+B, f.8 lens, stopping to f.11; single waist-level finder
A rectangular metal box-camera type device with chrome edges, taking 6x9 images on 120 film; made from c.1951 for Gevaert by Hermann Wolf GmbH, Wuppertal, Germany.
Single-speed + B shutter; f8 lens, stopping to f.11 & f.16, focusing 5ft-infinity; two waist-level viewfinders (for landscape and portrait formats)
A rounded metal-cased one, with an eye-level plastic viewfinder on top, taking 6x9 images on 120 film; made between 1955 & 1959 by Bilora in Germany.
Two speed (1/50, 1/100) shutter + B, fixed-focus 105mm/f.11 lens, stop to f.16; telescope-type eye-level finder