TOWER-PHOTRIX-SEARS 35 MM RANGEFINDER CAMERA
#806836-157NOT new but the next thing to it.
THE LENS:
No. 1457296 Steinheil Muncher Cassar S 1: 2.8 F = 50 mm.
THE ACCESSORIES:
Includes very nice real leather case,
AGFALUX 6871/21 flash (GERMAN)
SEKONIC exposure (JAPAN) meter.
ROWI, cable release (GERMAN) 10".
Series six kodak cloud filter in filter case with adapter ring.
GENERAL ELECTRIC 12 flash bulbs, white and blue mix.
Vintage roll of KODAK film, may be expired.
DETAILS:
Produced late 1950s by Kamerawerke Wilhelm Witt, Hamburg, Germany
Film type 135 (35mm)
Picture size 24 x 36mm
Weight
Lens Steinheil Munchen Cassar 50mm 1:2.8
Filter Size accepts Kodak Series VI adapter no. 26
Focal range 3' to infinity
Shutter Prontor-SVS
Shutter speeds B, 1-1/300
VXM settings on lens housing
Viewfinder coupled rangefinder
Exposure meter none
Cold shoe, PC sync
OPENING THE BACK:
Do not try to force the lever. Pull the film type lever up, turn gently clockwise and
the back springs open.
OPINION:
NOT new but the next thing to it. Includes case, flash and exposure meter.
Icludes: flashbulbs and film.
Rangefinder offers clear image matching.
Very solid German made rangefinder with Steinheil lens and Prontor-SVS shutter.
This fashionable little rangefinder was made in Germany for Sears by Kamerawerke Wilhelm Witt, probably more famous for its Iloca Rapid stereo camera than this more mainstream rangefinder. The 1958 Sears camera catalog says of the Tower 51 "if there's a better camera at this price - we've never seen it. If there's one easier to use - at this price - we don't know of it." The price in 1958: $56.50, or $65 with case and folding bulb flash. This was worth $528.00 in 2016 dollars. Similarly featured cameras were selling at the time for upwards of $75. ( It does seem to be fairly competitive in its features in its class at the time, especially for a German import)
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BONUS EMPIRE (JASON) 7X35 binoculars. Model 266, good used condition.
Sold As Is. Buyer pays return shipping.
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