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Olbia in Paris[1] made at least three cameras, presumably in the period immediately following WW II. The Olbia 6x6 pseudo TLR is an Omega Eikon with a better Gitzo shutter.
- Clartex 6/6[2]
- Olbia BX 6x6 in black and brown models[3]
- Olbia Eikon (a rebadged Omega Eikon 6x6 pseudo TLR (1946?) with a Gitzo shutter 150-B[4]
- Olbia pseudo TLR (6x6) (1947->1952) with Gitzo shutters 200-B and 400-B[5]
Links[]
- Olbia page at Collection G. Even's site
- Olbia cameras on www.collection-appareils.fr by Sylvain Halgand
Notes and References[]
- ↑ Address was 17 Rue Mendelssohn, XXme arrondissement, Paris
- ↑ Sylvain Halgand's site
- ↑ Sylvain Halgand's site
- ↑ Catalogue Photo-Plait 1950, p. 33. No longer listed in the next catalogue: Catalogue Photo-Plait Hiver 1950-1951, p. 3.
- ↑ Catalogue Photo-Plait 1949-50, p. 32; 1950, p. 33; Hiver 1950-51, p. 32; 1951, p. 34; 1952, p. 22; 1953, p. 10; Hiver 1954/5, p. 10; 1954, p. 10.—Sylvain Halgand Olbia.— Gerard Langlois Olbia