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Street art in Birmingham, England that simply says "Compared to what..."
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A la dreta una Eumig C3 del 1938-1939 fabricada a Alemania i a la esquerra una Eumig C3 del 1948-1950, fabricada a Austria. Però les dues sortiren de la mateixa fàbrica de Viena. A sota més detalls.
Hi ha moltes càmeres que varen veure afectades les seves produccions d'una manera o altra per l'expansionisme nazi i la Segona Guerra Mundial. Algunes deixaren de fabricar-se, o be tingueren variants específiques per als militars. Però en aquest cas, la historia politica i militar d'Europa afectà aquesta càmera de cinema amateur.
Es tracta d'una Eumig C3, càmera de format 8mm amb motor de molla i fotometre integrat (un dels primers del món). El detall interesant, en aquest cas, és que a la palanca de donar corda a la molla hi ha la indicació de fabricació. Hi diu "Made in Germany". Però sapigeu que en les Eumig C3 fabricades el 1937-38 i les fabricades entre 1948 i 1953 aquí hi deia "Made in Austria". Només les fabricades el 1938-39 hi diu "Germany". Doncs bé, tota la producció de les C3 sempre es va fer a Viena. El que canvià no fou la fàbrica, sino la frontera, ja que a partir del 12 de maig de 1938, amb l'annexió (Anschluss) d'Austria per part de la Alemania nazi, tot passava a ser Alemania. De fet fou així fins la derrota total nazi el 1945, però les C3 ja s'havien deixat de produir el 1939 mateix. La producció no continuà fins el 1948, altre cop amb el "Made in Austria" en aquestes càmeres.
Altres detalls d'aquest model, que obviament data del 1938-39, son l'objectiu Meyer Görlitz Trioplan f2.7/12.5mm així com alguns detalls de la part frontal (com la palanca per ajustar l'apertura) que semblen ser molt posteriors, dels anys 50. Obviament en algun punt es varen renovar algunes peces, segurament en un proveidor autoritzat, ja que la camera compta amb visos segellats amb la marca oficial Eumig.
La seva germana més moderna, a l'esquerra, fou fabricada a la Austria de postguerra. És pràcticament identica, amb un objectiu del mateix fabricant, però apertura de f1.9 en comptes de f2.7 abans de la guerra. I el obvi canvi de inscripció "Made in...", que reflecteix la fi de la "Gran Alemania" nazi.
ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anschluss
www.vintagecameras.fr/eumig/eumig-c3
eumig.at/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&am...
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To the right, an Eumig C3 8mm camera made in Germany c.1938-1939, and to the left an Eumig C3 made in Austria c.1948-1950. But both were manufactured in the same Vienna factory. How's that possible? The historic details below...
There are many cameras whose productions were affected in one way or another by Nazi expansionism and the Second World War. Some stopped being manufactured, or had specific variants for the military. But in this case, the political and military history of Europe affected this amateur film camera.
To the right, the Eumig C3, 8mm format camera with spring motor and integrated light meter (one of the first in the world). The interesting detail, in this case, is that the lever for winding the spring has the manufacturing indication. It says "Made in Germany". But know that on Eumig C3s manufactured in 1937-38 and those manufactured between 1948 and 1953 it said "Made in Austria". Only those made in 1938-39 say "Germany". Well, all C3 production was always done in Vienna. What changed was not the factory, but the border, since from May 12, 1938, with the annexation (Anschluss) of Austria by Nazi Germany, everything became Germany. In fact, it was like this until the total defeat of the Nazis in 1945, but the C3 had already stopped being produced in 1939 itself. Production did not continue until 1948, again with "Made in Austria" on these cameras.
Other details of this model, which obviously dates from 1938-39, are the Meyer Görlitz Trioplan f2.7/12.5mm lens as well as some details of the front part (such as the lever to adjust the aperture) which appear to be very later, from the 1950s. Obviously some parts were renewed at some point, probably at an authorized supplier, since the camera has disassembly points stamped with the official Eumig brand (so those can't be tampered by unauthoirzed repairmen).
It's newer sister, made in post-war Austria, has almost the same lens and many other details. In fact, the only difference is that the lens is now f1.9 (instead of f2,7) and the relevant inscription "Made in....", reflecting the end of the nazi imperialism.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anschluss
www.vintagecameras.fr/eumig/eumig-c3
eumig.at/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&am...
