designed the iconic Coca-Cola bottle, the Zippo Lighter and the 1954 Greyhound Bus, check out the lens cover/viewfinder shade, it reminds me of the doors to the luggage storage area on the side of a bus.
with two lenses called a Twin Lens Reflex camera, it imitates the shape of a TLR, but with no conection
of the taking and viewing lens. The self erecting finder hood and lens shield sets this camera apart from
other cameras of the era.
get use to it. The aperture (f/11) and shutter speed, about 1/60sec are fixed. This camera focuses
from 6 feet to infinity.
to the next frame. It also has an interesting double exposure prevention system, after depressing the large
red shutter button it remains in the depressed position until the first rotation of the film advance at which time
the button pops back to it’s normal position.
expensive camera, has two extra controls for filters just below the sliding lens cover, one for close up,
focusing at 4 feet and a yellow filter for daylight exposures on Black and White film.
to it, the soft corners, the ergonomic controls, it just feels at home in your hands. Unfortunately at the time of it's release 620 film was on it's way out and 35mm was replacing it.