Plaubel Makina 1

Germany 1920-30, brand Plaubel & Co., material metal, cm closed 13x4,5x12 open 13x12,5x12

Folding rangefinder camera, produced between 1920 and 1933 in Frankfurt.
Brand: Plaubel & Co
Model: Makina 1
Lens: Anticomar 1:2.9 F=10, serial number 61424.
Everything appears to be in working order, but it has not been serviced or even tested with plates. Good condition, with some signs of age.
It is sold with:
- vintage leather case, damaged both inside and out, with signs of age
- 4 plates.

Plaubel is originally a German camera maker, founded in 1902 by Hugo Schrader as a distributor and lens maker.
It began the production of cameras in 1910.
It became famous for the Makina series of press cameras, introduced as early as 1911 and withdrawn around 1960.
After the war, it also made monorail view cameras, and a 9×9 SLR, the Makiflex.
In 1975 it was bought by Kimio Doi (of the Doi company) and effectively became a Japanese company.
It launched a modernized successor to the Makina, called the Makina 67, in cooperation with Konica, and later with Mamiya. It stopped the production of the Makina 67 in 1986.
Plaubel continued to produce large format cameras (Peco Profia for 4×5, 5×7, 8×10) but also a 6×9 digital camera (PL69D) until 31st May 2017.

PH-04-0001 - available