Ucaflex With Ucalux 5cm F1. 9 - A Rare German Camera W/ Serial Number: 2022
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:20582765 | Model: ELOP Ucaflex - UCA |
| Custom Bundle: No | Modified Item: No |
| Color: Silver | Country/Region of Manufacture: Germany |
| Brand: ucaflex | UPC: Does not apply |
Now here is a very rare camera indeed. The Ucaflex (at first named Uniflex, for less than a year) is a 35 mm SLR camera with a'periscopic'viewfinder, designed by Franz Robert Neubert and made from around 1950 in Flensburg, Germany, by UCA.
The camera is also known as the ELOP Ucaflex - UCA was the successor company formed after ELOP failed in about 1949 after producing only a few dozen cameras. The Ucaflex is the successor to Neubert's Neucaflex camera; it has a pentaprism and mirro...r, which are arranged to give a magnified view of the central part of the frame in the viewfinder for focusing.Both the prism and mirror are swung out of the optical path when the shutter release is pressed. The viewfinder eyepiece then forms part of a reverse-Galilean finder used for framing the picture before exposure. Several sources state that the Ucaflex has a 39 mm lens mount, but some users state that it is an M40 thread. Certainly, the camera uses a longer flange-to-film distance than Leica, whereas the Neucaflex uses Leica M39 mount lenses. The standard lens is an Ucalux 50mm f/1.9, and the camera has shutter speeds 1 - 1/1000 second, plus'B', with a separate selector for the slow speeds.
This particular one is serial number 2022, an early production model as it's estimated that only around 1000 cameras were produced; sadly this one is not in great order - cosmetically acceptable, it is seriously jammed and don't have the viewfinder also some parts are missing needs attention. This is a USA Ucaflex 35mm film SLR camera with Ucalux 5cm f1.9 lens, made in Germany in the early 1950s, in acceptable cosmetic condition but sadly jammed and some parts are missing.
Sold as is, no return
The camera is also known as the ELOP Ucaflex - UCA was the successor company formed after ELOP failed in about 1949 after producing only a few dozen cameras. The Ucaflex is the successor to Neubert's Neucaflex camera; it has a pentaprism and mirro...r, which are arranged to give a magnified view of the central part of the frame in the viewfinder for focusing.Both the prism and mirror are swung out of the optical path when the shutter release is pressed. The viewfinder eyepiece then forms part of a reverse-Galilean finder used for framing the picture before exposure. Several sources state that the Ucaflex has a 39 mm lens mount, but some users state that it is an M40 thread. Certainly, the camera uses a longer flange-to-film distance than Leica, whereas the Neucaflex uses Leica M39 mount lenses. The standard lens is an Ucalux 50mm f/1.9, and the camera has shutter speeds 1 - 1/1000 second, plus'B', with a separate selector for the slow speeds.
This particular one is serial number 2022, an early production model as it's estimated that only around 1000 cameras were produced; sadly this one is not in great order - cosmetically acceptable, it is seriously jammed and don't have the viewfinder also some parts are missing needs attention. This is a USA Ucaflex 35mm film SLR camera with Ucalux 5cm f1.9 lens, made in Germany in the early 1950s, in acceptable cosmetic condition but sadly jammed and some parts are missing.
Sold as is, no return
