Vintage folding camera Photocor 1 Ortagoz GOMZ 135mm / lens 1: 4.5 No. 887168

Description

Vintage folding camera Photocor 1  Ortagoz GOMZ 135mm / lens 1: 4.5 No. 887168
The external state of the camera can be seen in the photo of the case inside, you can see what was glued from below. Look closely at the latest photos.
History of creation
By the mid-1920s, a need arose in the USSR to develop the production of domestic cameras - then already quite numerous Soviet amateur photographers had to be content with either extremely rare and expensive imported samples, or low ones. -quality "home" products. On May 24, 1928, the Supreme Council of the National Economy of the RSFSR, in order to reduce the severity of the situation, decided to release domestic cameras based on the most successful Western designs. The development of the camera was entrusted to the Leningrad State Optical and Mechanical Plant (GOMZ). The development of the camera continued from 1928 to 1930, when a new camera under the “Photocor No. 1” trademark entered mass production.
The widespread opinion that "Photocor # 1" is the first Soviet camera does not correspond to reality - a year before that, in 1929, the Moscow artel "Fototrud" began production of a wide-format plate folding camera "EFTE" of a class close to the company "Photocor" [ one]. However, this device was produced in small series, therefore "Photocor # 1" can be considered the first Soviet large-sized camera.
Serial production of "Photokorov No. 1" was carried out in large series from 1930 to 1941 inclusive and amounted to more than 1 million copies.
Plastic folding camera Photocor N1 with Ortagoz GOMZ 135mm / 4.5 lens.
Frame size: 9x12.
Film type: plates.
Country of origin: USSR, year of issue: 1930-1941,
The first Soviet large-sized camera for shooting on photographic plates of 9x12 format, in metal cassettes, sliding type. The optical system with double stretching of the pyramidal fur is equipped with a GOMZ Ortagoz shutter lens (four-lens non-glued anastigmat) with shutter speeds of 1/25, 1/50, 1/100, as well as modes B and D. Aperture range from 4.5 to 36. Focus and sharpness aim at the frosted glass of the viewfinder and the distance scale. The camera has two viewfinders: a swing mirror with a level and a frame. The camera body is covered with black leatherette. In just 11 years, just over 1 million units were produced, so it can rightfully be considered the first Soviet mass camera. Camera dimensions (folded): 160 × 115 × 64 mm, weight: 1150 g. Also in the USSR, folding cameras (Klappkamera klap camera) were produced, similar in circuitry: Moment, Reporter, Tourist, Pupil, FC, EFTE (ARFO) ...