Start (Polish camera)
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Start was a Polish twin-lens reflex camera of Rolleicord type produced by Warsaw Photo-Optical Works, or WZFO. It was the first camera produced in Poland after World War II.{{Cite web|url=http://www.lenstip.com/132.1-article-A_history_of_WZFO_%E2%80%93_or_%E2%80%9EPolish_people_have_also_something_to_boast_of%E2%80%A6%E2%80%9D_part_III.html|title=A history of WZFO – or "Polish people have also something to boast of…" part III - Warsaw Photo-optical Works – a history of Polish photographic cameras - LensTip.com|website=www.lenstip.com|language=pl-PL|access-date=2017-02-10}} The Start range was produced in numerous versions – Start, Start II, Start B, Start 66 and Start 66S.
Start 66S was exported outside of the Poland under names "NOCO flex" and "Universa Uniflex 66".
Camera editions
- Start (1951–1952, 1954–1960){{cite web|url=http://zbiory.mhf.krakow.pl/en/node/66196|accessdate=2013-07-15|title=Camera Start|work=Museum of the History of Photography, Kraków}}
- Start II (1960–1965){{cite web|url=http://zbiory.mhf.krakow.pl/en/node/66168|accessdate=2013-07-15|title=Camera Start II|work=Museum of the History of Photography, Kraków}}
- Start B (1960–1967){{cite web|url=http://zbiory.mhf.krakow.pl/en/node/66172|accessdate=2013-07-15|title=Camera Start B|work=Museum of the History of Photography, Kraków}}
- Start 66 (1967–1970){{cite web|url=http://zbiory.mhf.krakow.pl/en/node/65948|accessdate=2013-07-15|title=Camera Start 66|work=Museum of the History of Photography, Kraków}}
- Start 66S (ca. 1970–1982){{cite web|url=http://zbiory.mhf.krakow.pl/en/node/66173|accessdate=2013-07-15|title=Camera Start 66S|work=Museum of the History of Photography, Kraków}}
Notes
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References
- {{cite book
| title = McKeown's Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras 2001–2002
| author = James M. McKeown, Joan C. McKeown
| publisher = Centennial Photo Service
| date = Dec 1, 2000
| ISBN = 9780931838347
| edition = ed. 11, illustrated
| page = 699
}}
- {{cite book
| title = Polski sprzęt fotograficzny z lat 1954 – 1995 w zbiorach Muzeum Historii Fotografii w Krakowie
| year = 2006
| author = Marek Maszczak
| language = Polish
| publisher = Museum of History of Photography
}}
See also
- {{Commons category-inline|Start cameras}}