Edixa is a brand of camera manufacturer Wirgin Kamerawerk which was based in Wiesbaden, West Germany. The product line included several 35mm cameras and 16mm Edixa 16 subminiature cameras designed by Heinz Waaske from the 1950s to the 1970s.
subminiature camera | weight | dimension | lens | aperture | shutter | |
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1 | Edixa 16 | 200g | 108x41x33mm | 25mm f/2.8 TRAGEVAR | 2.8 - 16 | 1/30 - 1/150 |
2 | Edixa 16M | 200g | 108x41x33mm | 25mm f/2.8 SCHNEIDER XENAR | 2.8 - 16 | 1/30 - 1/150 |
3 | Edixa 16MB | 200g | 108x41x33mm | 25mm f/2.8 SCHNEIDER XENAR | 2.8 - 16 | 1/30 - 1/150 |
4 | Edixa 16U | 200g | 108x41x33mm | 25mm f/2.8 SCHNEIDER XENAR | 2.8 - 16 | 1/30 - 1/150 |
5 | Franka 16 | 200g | 108x41x33mm | 25mm f/2.8 TRAGEVAR | 2.8 - 16 | 1/30 - 1/150 |
5 | alka 16 | 200g | 108x41x33mm | 25mm f/2.8 RODENSTOCK TRINAR | 2.8 - 16 | 1/30 - 1/150 |
Edixa 16mm uses Rollei 16 type RADA cartridge, loaded with unperforated 16mm film, film width 16mm, frame format 14x21mm, 20 exposures per cartridge.
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