Category: Rangefinder

Candid Camera Perfex Fifty-Five Candid Camera family list Perfex Speed Perfex Forty-Four Perfex Fifty-Five   The two early models made by Candid Camera of America were not a stellar success. The first model, the Perfex Speed, was a unique, unorthodox device that defied most conventions in the camera world. Production lasted only a year, and it was replaced by a...

Candid Camera Perfex Forty-Four Candid Camera family list Perfex Speed Perfex Forty-Four Perfex Fifty-Five   The first camera by Candid Camera Corporation of America was the Perfex Speed of 1938. Hastily designed by outsiders to the trade, it ended as an exercise in how not to design a practical camera. As a mitigating note, the timing of its introduction was...

Candid Camera Perfex Speed Candid Camera family list Perfex Speed Perfex Forty-Four Perfex Fifty-Five   I’m holding the Perfex Speed, and I’m not sure where to begin. At first glance, it seems assembled from unrelated parts, and it remotely resembles the concept of a camera as we know it. Indeed, it has a lens, a viewer, and a superstructure styled after...