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Wauckosin Wara-Sport |
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Manufactured or assembled in Germany from 1927 to (Circa) 1934.
Index of rarity in France: Rare (among non-specialized garage sales)
Inventory number: 4386
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Chronology of cameras Wauckosin
The Wauckosin Wara-Sport was a high-quality strut folding camera made by Bernhard Sommer and delivered for the formats 6.5 x 9 and 9 x 12, between 1927 and circa 1934. Bernhard Sommer was essentially a focal plane shutter maker delivering components to many other brands, such as Ihagee. The original camera was called R.I. (or R.1) and was also distributed by other makers and distributors such as Rüdenberg, Herlango and Laak. Wauckosin had a special relation with Plaubel and fitted the camera with their Anticomar lens.
This specimen is for 6.5 x 9 plate format and shows that most probably the fitting and specific modifications were made at the original Sommer factory in Dresden. The camera retains the serial numbering of Sommer (R.I. 10830) and its logo on the shutter face, together with the Wara logo. Besides the Wara logo and the Plaubel Anticomar F:12.5 f2.9 lens, all the remaining features are exactly as the original Sommer camera. The body and front standard are entirely metallic and covered with leather, and the struts are ‘Bentzin’ type. The pleated bellows are made of leather; the folding viewfinder it the typical Newton covered version, and a sports finder is folded at the front.
The shutter is the self-capped Sommer with combination of slit width and tension, delivering speeds in the range 1/15 to 1/1000 plus Z.
Wauckosin Wara-Sport open
The camera closed
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