129 - Gamma, Hungary | Duflex

Gamma, Hungary | Duflex Estimate: €3,400–3,800 Year: 1949 Serial No.: 149137 Condition: B/A English: Historically important Hungarian 35mm SLR, designed by Jenő Dulovits and manufactured by Gamma Művek, Budapest. The Duflex was one of the most advanced reflex cameras of the immediate postwar period and is particularly significant for its instant-return mirror, eye-level viewfinder with an upright and laterally correct image, metal focal-plane shutter, and automatic aperture system. Using the unusual 24 × 32 mm format, only a small number were produced. The camera offered here, with its matching Artar 3.5/5 cm lens (no. L149129), is one of the best-preserved examples known, featuring a clear viewfinder and a perfectly functioning shutter. German: A Hungarian 35mm SLR camera of historical significance, designed by Jenő Dulovits and manufactured by Gamma Művek in Budapest. The Duflex was among the most advanced SLR cameras of the immediate postwar period and is particularly significant for its instantly retracting mirror, its eye-level viewfinder with an upright and non-inverted image, its metal focal-plane shutter, and its automatic aperture control. It uses the unusual 24 × 32 mm format and was produced only in small quantities. The camera offered here, complete with a matching Artar 3.5/5 cm lens (No. L149129), is among the best-preserved known examples, featuring a clear viewfinder and a shutter in perfect working order.