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Braun Super Colorette IB

            Braun Colorette Super IB with Enna Plastigon 2.8/50 in Compur-Rapid shutter

Nice rangefinder camera from about 1956 to 1958. In the early 1950ties many German manufacturers started with more or less simple cameras, but the models were improved very quickly with a rangefinder, bright frame viewfinder, film advance lever, built-in exposure meter and, as a temporary peak of development, interchangeable lenses.
You can find the Colorette in several versions:
I: with fixed lens
II: with interchangeable lenses
B: with exposure meter
L: with bright frame viewfinder

So, my exemplar has a fixed lens and an exposure meter, but no bright frame viewfinder. All (Super) Colorettes have a rangefinder. A series of similar cameras without rangefinder is the Braun Gloriette.

The camera is well made, especially the rangefinder mechanism inside is very solid. The Selenium cell of the exposure meter is covered by a lid with two slots (under the white plastic cap), so you can meter in two ranges: in low light the lid must be opened, in bright light it must be closed, the light falling through the slots is sufficient.
The only drawback in operation I can find is the placement of the exposure meter dial: it is inconvenient when pressing the shutter button.

I have no idea about the lens, the name "Plastigon" is unique. I assume it is a 4-element lens, a 3-element lens would be poor for such a good camera.
   

Taken on: January 12, 2023

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