Country of origin:
Produced:
Number made:
Serial no. range:
Shutter speeds:
Standard lens:
England
1954 -
Not known
Not known
B,30,60,125,250,500.1000
Lumar 3.5/50, and (later models from 1955) Lumar-X 3.5/50
This version of the Periflex 1 differed from versions 1 and 3 as follows:
•
Body covering is black leather (version 1 was covered with brown pigskin
and version 2 with black leather cloth).
• The speeds are engraved directly into
the top plate, as on version 1 (on version 3 they are on a collar around
the speed knob).
As on the earlier model, focusing is by periscope viewfinder. Pressing a
button on the periscope housing (the vertical cylinder in the centre of
the top plate) lowers a mirror into the light path of the lens, thus allowing
through the lens focusing. Releasing the button allows the mirror to return
to its original position.
The contact below the shutter button on the front of the body is for flash synchronization (M).
This model was available in either black or silver finish.
