Elax
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The Elax is a folding 3×4cm camera, using 127 film, made by the French maker Lumière from 1931 or 1933 (depending on the source). It has an unusual focal plane shutter with rigid metal curtains, from 4s to 1/1000 with self-timer. At the time, the Foth Derby was another example of a folding 3×4 focal plane shutter camera. The Elax has a Berthiot Flor 50/3.5 four element lens with helical focusing. Its viewfinder is said to be bought from Leitz, and was apparently the same as the Leica I but verti