Discontinued
Kfilm camera
Recomar 33
33
Format
9x12 cm plate
Is Film
Yes
Shutter
Compur-S or Gauthier Telma
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 1932–1940 · medium confidencehttps://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co8234640/nagel-nr-33-recomar-camera-folding-camera-plate-cameraKodak AG Stuttgart. 33. See gear_items.kodak-recomar-33 spec_notes for the sourcing and any conflict.
Category: Film Camera
Format
9x12 cm plate
Shutter
Compur-S or Gauthier Telma
Metering
none
Spec Notes
Descends from the Nagel No. 33 (from 1928) and made by Kodak AG from 1932 until 1940. Same architecture as the Recomar 18 - double extension, rise/fall and cross front, rack-and-pinion, ground glass, wire and brilliant finders - at the larger format. THREE hardware dimensions separate the two, which is why they are two rows rather than one: film format (9x12 vs 6.5x9), lens focal length and the whole lens roster with it (135-150mm vs 105mm), and body castings, bellows, backs and darkslides. They also descend from two separately numbered Nagel models, which is independent corroboration. At least three lens fittings are attested - Schneider Xenar 15cm f/4.5, Schneider-Kreuznach Radionar 135mm f/6.3, and an unspecified f/4.5 anastigmat - so there is no sourced standard lens. Shutter varies with it: Compur S 1/2/5/10/25/50/100/200 + B + T with delayed action on one example, a four-speed Gauthier Telma on another. Dimensions reported as 15.8 x 10.8 x 5 cm by a single low-tier source. Weight NOT SOURCED. The model number 33 is a NAGEL number, not a Kodak AG Nr.
Rangefinder
No
Alternate Names
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Introduced
1932
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