Discontinued
Kfilm camera
Pupille
Format
127
Is Film
Yes
Shutter
Compur
Metering
none
Research
Science Museum Group / Kodak Museum object records (Bradford collection); Chris Sherlock, retinarescue.com (Retina camera list and serial tables); cjs-classic-cameras.co.uk; collection-appareils.fr; camerapedia; cameracollector.net; mikeeckman.com. NO Kodak printed document was read for the prewar models - the highest tier reached is museum cataloguing, and confidence is set accordingly.
Confidence
medium
Produced 1932–1935 · medium confidencehttps://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co8204517/nagel-pupille-miniature-cameraKodak AG Stuttgart. See gear_items.kodak-pupille spec_notes for the sourcing and any conflict.
Category: Film Camera
Format
127
Shutter
Compur
Metering
none
Spec Notes
A Nagel design that Kodak AG continued after the 1 December 1931 acquisition - 16 exposures 3x4 cm on 127, unit focusing on a large helical holding the whole lens-and-shutter assembly, minimum focus 2.5 ft. Roughly 5,000 units. Sold in the UK as the 'Rolloroy' by importer R F Hunter. A REMARKABLY WIDE LENS ROSTER for one body, all sourced: Leitz Elmar 5cm f/3.5 (the Kodak Museum example), Schneider Xenon 4.5cm f/2 - note 45mm, the only non-5cm option - Schneider Xenar 5cm f/3.5 and f/2.9, Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 5cm f/3.5 and f/2.8, and a Cooke Anastigmat 2in f/3.5. STANDARD LENS NOT SOURCED; the one claim in circulation (Elmar early, Schneider later) rests on a single low-tier source. Shutter Compur 1/2/5/10/25/50/100/300. No Kodak AG Nr. number could be sourced for this model. Start year disputed: 1931 (museum), 1932 (two sources); 1932 is used as the Kodak-era start.
Rangefinder
No
Alternate Names
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Introduced
1932
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