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The Braun Paxette II
The
Braun Paxette II series started in 1952. While the series I cameras
from 1951 had fixed lenses, the ones of the series II can be
interchanged. The right window on the top is a finder, the second is
not a rangefinder, it's an extinction meter. The camera is very small
for a camera with leaf shutter and interchangeable lenses.
Some pictures:
Camera front. This camera come with one of the standard lenses, a Staeble Kata.
Camera
back. On the early cameras the plate is hinged to the top.
Camera bottom.
Seen
from above. The first series II cameras had a winding knob, this one
already has a kind of lever. The dented wheel sets the numbering after
film loading.