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Early BRAUN Paxette with good fixed lens. (Later types had interchangeable lenses.)
Paxette 1M 1954 Rangefinder VINTAGE camera + leather case.
Strangely the base unscrews to remove the back.
The Paxette IM, this is like the Paxette I, but in addition the rapid-wind film advance lever, and Prontor SVS shutter, it has the new top cover casting with raised centre section, and the extinction meter has been replaced by an uncoupled rangefinder.
The back is removed by unscrewing a ring around the tripod boss on the base. The back, base and half the front then come away as one piece. The new film cassette is held securely by a swivelling arm which makes this camera much easier to load than the Zeiss Ikon Contaflex cameras which also have the base and back come away in one piece but have nothing to hold the new cassette until the loading is finished and the back/base replaced. In my camera, the new film is held beneath a plate that must be hinged out of the way before the film is loaded. This plate then acts as the pressure plate that keeps the film flat there are a couple of springs in the back that keep this plate snug against the film. In other Paxette models, there is only a small clip to secure the film while loading.
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