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<h3 id="futura-kamerawerk---1952---germany-freiburg">FUTURA KAMERAWERK - 1952 - GERMANY (FREIBURG)</h3>
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<li>Compact</li>
<li>35 mm</li>
<li>Rare</li>
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The Futura S is a 35mm rangefinder made by Futura Kamerawerk starting in 1952.
Futura Kamerawerk, founded by Fritz Kuhnert, is an interesting camera company as it was a german company trying to create a good quality rangefinder differentiating itself from the format Leica was successfully promoting across the industry. The result is a very well built camera, maybe a bit heavy for its size, with a very distinct symmetrical design and very good features for its price.
The Futura S offered a Synchro-Compur shutter (hence the &#39;S&#39;) and interchangeable lenses with a custom mount. The lenses were named after Kuhnert&#39;s wife Elenore (Elor) and his two children, Eva and Peter (Evar and Petar).
Unfortunately, Futura did not find its place between high quality, more standard Leica inspired german cameras and a growing Japanese competition and went out of business in 1957. Overall less than 9000 Futura S were ever produced, making it a very interesting collectible today.
<h3 id="associated-project-shares">Associated project shares</h3>
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<li>1 Share of the 99 Cameras Club project</li>
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Note : This Collectible is not an official product from the represented camera manufacturer. It is a replica of an individual camera from the club&#39;s collection and holds no rights or relationships with its manufacturer. It should be regarded only as a token of patronage to the 99 Cameras Club.

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