Ferrania Elioflex 2

Photos by ED text by DC. From the collection of ED. Last update 2014-02-14 par Sylvain Halgand.

Manufactured or assembled in Italy from 1952 to (After) 1952.
Index of rarity in France: Infrequent (among non-specialized garage sales)
Inventory number: 1891

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Chronology of cameras Ferrania

The Elioflex 2 appears in a Photo-Plait catalog in 1956, although it dates from 1952. It replaces its elder the Elioflex. The Italian brand will change the lens to a Ferrania 6.3/75, but keeps the particular diaphragm system of its predecessor.
On the back, a riveted plate with a depth of field table and a red window to check the number of views.

Like its predecessor, the 2 has a very special viewfinder which, by transformation, may be a chest viewfinder or a sports viewfinder.

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The company that would later become Ferrania had been manufacturing dynamite since 1882. During World War I, it became known as SIPE (Société Italienne Produits Explosifs) and supplied cannon powder to the Tsar of Russia. However, following the October Revolution, it began producing celluloid using its enormous stock of raw materials. Around 1917, it transformed into FILM, with Pathé Frères holding half of the company's shares for a period, and began manufacturing positive film for the cinema industry.

In 1932, FILM acquired Cappelli, a company specialized in glass plates. The company Film Cappelli Ferrania then produced films and photographic papers. In 1936, they initiated the production of cameras, and in 1938, the name was shortened to Ferrania. In 1964, 3M Minnesota became a shareholder, and the company was renamed Ferrania-3M.

In 1947, Ferrania introduced the first European color film, Ferraniacolor, and in 1981, they developed the most sensitive reversal film of the time (640 ASA), surpassing Kodak's Ektachrome High Speed.

(1) Collaboration with the founder of ICAF.

Interesting links or bibliography :

Revista Fotografica Italiana de 5/1956

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