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Edixa is a brand of camera

Camera

A camera is a device that records and stores images. These images may be still photographs or moving images such as videos or movies. The term camera comes from the camera obscura , an early mechanism for projecting images...

manufacturer Wirgin Kamerawerk
Wirgin
Wirgin was a German company which is still known for its brands Wirgin and Edixa, and for its camera types like the Edina, the Edinex or the Gewirette. It was based in the Hessian capital Wiesbaden and made a line of quite inexpensive 35mm SLRs from the 1950s to the 1970s, including the Edixa...

which was based in Wiesbaden, West Germany

West Germany

West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....

. The product line included several 35mm cameras and 16mm Edixa 16 subminiature cameras designed by Heinz Waaske from the 1950s to the 1970s.

35mm cameras

Edixa Reflex
Edixa Reflex
The Edixa Reflex cameras were West Germany's most popular own series of SLR's with focal plane shutter. The original name of the first Edixa SLR was Komet. The Wirgin company had to change the name after complaints of two other companies with equally named products...

, with Steinheil Quinon 1.9/55mm, Isco Travegar 2,8/50mm
Edixa -MAT REFLEX
Edixa REX TTL
Universl edixamat cd
Edixa Stereo
Edixa Electronica
Edixa motoric

16mm subminiature cameras

Edixa 16 with Isco Travegar 2,8/25mm lens
Edixa 16M with Scheider Kreuznach 2,8/25mm Xenar lens
Edixa 16MB black model, of above
Edixa 16U
Franka 16
alka 16

Accessories

Neck chain
color filters
closeup filter set
Lens hood
AG1 flashgun
Development tank
Projector

External links

Site with photos and history section
Edixa PDF camera manuals found on this site use the search feature on www.orphancameras.com

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