LACHAIZE PAUL - PAUL LACHAIZE MECILUX

Country :
France
Year :
ca 1960
Type :
35 MM (no reflex)
Format :
24 X 36 MM
Serial Number :
601005
Lens :
BOYER PARIS 2,8 / 45 MM
Lens number :
-
Shutter :
AUTOMATIQUE
Shutter number :
Support :
FILM 35 MM

This camera is unusual and quite different from what was available at the time in France in the early 1960s. Already with its innovative shape, made of plastic and aluminium, it is surprisingly simplistic, yet .... Its creator, Paul Lachaize, was no stranger to photography. See (Magasin 150 vues for Rolleiflex).

  • - 35 mm cartridges for a 24 X 36 mm format and advance and cocking with a large toothed button on the underside of the camera.
  • - The viewfinder is large and very clear
  • - The aperture can be adjusted to suit specific weather conditions: ‘bright sun’, ‘pale sun’, ‘light clouds’, ‘grey clouds’, ‘dark’ (from f1:2.8 to 32).
  • - Three ‘sport’ speeds: 1/200 - 1/100 to 1/50 ‘normal
  • - Focus range: 0.9 m to infinity
  • - Extractable bulb flash.

It was not a great success, and the number of units produced was estimated at between 1,200 and 1,500. Production was halted when the factory in Villeurbanne (Lyon) caught fire.