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Fowell Saeta

Fowell·1950·Camera

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The Saeta (Spanish meaning dart or arrow) is a plastic-bodied box camera for 4x6cm exposures on 127 film, made by the Madrid company Fowell in the mid-1950s. The body is made from a brown-black plastic (apparently bakelite), and is moulded with an attempt at streamline moderne styling. The film runs vertically through the camera (advanced by a winding knob on the right, and a red window), so the native orientation of the picture is vertical. There is a Galilean viewfinder at the top. It has an '

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