The Edixa Reflex cameras were West Germany's most popular own series of SLR

Single-lens reflex camera

A single-lens reflex camera is a camera that typically uses a semi-automatic moving mirror system that permits the photographer to see exactly what will be captured by the film or digital imaging system, as opposed to pre-SLR cameras where the view through the viewfinder could be significantly...

's with focal plane shutter. The original name of the first Edixa SLR was Komet. The Wirgin

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...

company had to change the name after complaints of two other companies with equally named products. Since 1955 the cameras got additional slow shutter speeds, and since 1956 cameras with aperture release shifter for the M42 lenses were available. Until 1959 four lines of Edixa SLRs were introduced:

• Type A, with shutter speeds up to 1/1000 sec.
• Type B, with aperture release mechanics
• Type C, with meter
• Type D, with exposure times up to 9 sec.

In 1960 the types B, C and D got the rapid mirror and improved shutter mechanics. Type A was replaced by the type S which had a slower shutter. A special feature of this camera series was the exchangeable viewfinder unit. A simple top-viewfinder and a pentaprism finder were available.

External links

• Edixa Reflex at www.collection-appareils.com by Sylvain Halgand
• Edixa Reflex A at Schaum-Holzappel's http://www.schaum-holzappel.de (German source)
• Wirgin Edixa SLRs at ukcamera.com http://www.ukcamera.com
• Edixa instruction manual @ www.orphancameras.com
• Edixa-mat Reflex @ www.orphancameras.com