CHINAGLIA DOMENICO, Italy

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CHINAGLIA DOMENICO, Italy
A 35mm. Kristall R camera no. 20174 with angle-cut corners, E and V synchronisation sockets, shutter speeds from B, 20-1000, top plate with name engraving and instruction leaflet Chinaglia Belluno. Kristall R. Distributors to the British Commonwealth: Apparatus & Instrument Co. Ltd...

Literature

Antonetto & Malavolti (1983), Made in Italy. Italian cameras, p. 41, 159-161.
Pont & Princelle (1990), 300 Leica Copies, p. 146-147.

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Lot Essay

The Kristall range of Leica-copy cameras was made from around 1950 in a variety of models. The cameras were usually sold with Kristall Anastigmat, Berthiot or Xenon lenses. Antonetto & Malavolti suggest that no more than 1000 examples of each model were produced. The company were producing cameras until c.1964. Neither of the two references cited list the Kristall R camera.

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