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Gewirette

1937·Camera

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The Gewirette is a small viewfinder-type camera made by Wirgin in Wiesbaden, Germany. This collapsible camera (the lens collapses into the body to make it more compact) takes 127 film using a 5 cm lens. One specimen seen has a Gewironar f/4.5 lens, marked "Wirgin Wiesbaden". It has a 3-speed Vario shutter (1/25, 1/50, 1/100 plus T & B). The camera is interesting in that the entire top of the camera comes off to load and unload film; there's a winding knob (marked "F") on the left, and a latch kn

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