The Dacora Dignette

[smithdan]

...a pleasant to carry and use late 50's viewfinder.

The f2.8 lens is plenty fast enough, 45mm bit tricky to focus, luckily had a rangefinder clip on.

There were a choice of shutters, this one strangely had B, 25, 50, then jumped to 1/200sec. The shutter release on the front did as the user manual pointed out make for less chance of camera movement. Here's what it did on a showery September day - HP5 D76 1:1

....and some shots around the ruins of an early 20th century coal mine.

 

[Jeff15]

Looks like a very capable camera.........

 

[compur]

Amazing what a good quality triplet lens in the right hands can do.

 

[Derrel]

HP - 5 and Kodak's venerable D- 76 film developer has long been a good combination, and your pictures show how beautiful it can look.

 

[smithdan]

HP - 5 and Kodak's venerable D- 76 film developer has long been a good combination, and your pictures show how beautiful it can look.

Thanks Derrel. Favorite combo used to be Tri X in Microdol X. For some reason Tri X became scarce here in the 90's, TMax always came out too muddy grey for me. D76 seems ok if it is fresh.

 

[smithdan]

Looks like a very capable camera.........

Yes, would have been happy to have this one back then. Think late 50's were my Starflash days. Just found a similar vintage Olympus Wide S a week ago. Needs work but looks promising...

 

[webestang64]

Neat little camera. Shots look great!

 

[IanG]

Released as the third version of the Ilford Sportsman in very late 1959, also sold as the Ferrania Lince, I have the next version released in 1960.

Dacora's were also re-badged as Certex in Spain and AMC in the US.

Ian

 

[Heidi Rosser]

Great shots, looks like a good little camera.