What is "mecaflex"

The Mecaflex is a 35mm SLR camera for 50 exposures of 24 × 24 mm. It was presented at the photokina in Cologne in 1951, and launched at the market some two years later. The design is by Heinz Kilfitt, also known for the design of the original Robot camera and the Kowa Six.

The camera is equipped with the newly developed Prontor-Compur (PC) reflex shutter, which would pave the way for reputable camera designs like the 1953 Contaflex, the 1956 Retina Reflex, the 1957 Hasselblad 500, and the 1959 Voigtländer Bessamatic. However, it does not have the built-in eyelevel pentaprism finder, first seen on 35mm SLR cameras in 1949. In stead, it has a waist-level finder with a central split-image rangefinder complemented by large full frame magnifier incorporating a central loupe that exactly covers the rangefinder central area.