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Bencini Comet

Bencini·1948·Camera

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The original Bencini Comet cameras are viewfinder cameras for either 3x4 or 4x4 cm pictures on 127 film, made in Italy by CMF Bencini from 1948 into the 1950s. They are smaller versions of the 120 film Bencini Koroll range, solidly built from metal castings with a sheet metal back. Their controls are limited to instantaneous (1/50 second) or 'B' shutter and (in most models) a focusing lens. The Comet III (discussed on its own, separate page) is an unusual vertically-shaped camera (so that it giv

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