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Franka cameras were built by Franka Kamerawerk in Bayreuth, in its history the largest camera factory in the Bavarian region of Oberfranken (Upper Frankonia). After starting to build box and roll film bellow cameras in 1918, it did not release its first 35mm camera until 1938. This Franka camera - without model name - is a Franka Edixa 500-LK according to the 'Kadlubeck guide' and was produced from 1960, the year in which the company 'Franka' merged with Wirgin Edixa. The Franka 500-LK is not such a special camera in itself, but it was in the early years that the pointer of the built-in and linked (selenium) light meter could be followed in the viewfinder - instead of with its competitors on top of the camera The 1960s can be called unique.
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