Camera - Vena, 'Venaret', Amsterdam, Netherlands, circa 1949
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
circa 1949
Venaret camera manufactured by Vena, Netherlands, circa 1949. The camera has a Vena-Amsterdam-Doublet 75cm/f7.7 lens with four aperture settings. It takes 6×6 photographs on 120 film and has three shutter speeds, 1/25sec, 1/50sec plus timer. The shutter is of the guillotine type and is triggered by a lever on the right of the lens plate.
Metal body box-style camera in its original leather carry case and shoulder strap.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 4
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Dimensions
- 140 mm (Width), 90 mm (Depth), 90 mm (Height)
Technical characteristics
- Brand recorded
- Vena
- Maker recorded
- Vena
- Model recorded
- Venaret
Design
- Inscription
- Inscribed on lens face: 'Vena-Amsterdam-Doublet / Venaret'.
Identification
- Candidate id
- mv-392064
- Museum object number
- ST 42644
- Source note
- Facts transcribed from the linked single-object source. Wider type attribution and authenticity have not been independently verified.
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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