Bencini Comet

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Bencini Comet S photo by Rick Soloway

The Bencini Comet cameras were 127 film made in Italy by Bencini from 1948 into the 1950s. They were smaller versions of the Bencini Koroll range. Controls were limited to 1/50 instantaneous or B shutter and a focusing lens. The Comet III was an unusual vertical format camera.

There were various models

Model	Format	Introduced	Comet	4x4cm	c.1948
Comet II	3x4cm	c.1951
Comet S	3x4	c.1950
Comet Rapid
Comet 3 (Fixed-focus)	3x4cm	c.1953
Comet III focusing	3x4cm	c.1953

The Comet name was reused later for 126 cartridge cameras; see the 126 section of the Bencini page.

Comet II photo by AWCam

Comet II Back photo by AWCam

Bencini Comet S by jgs4309976

Links

rotary shutter of Comet S (video)

• Comet at Sylvain Halgand's www.collection-appareils.fr
• Comet II at Sylvain Halgand's www.collection-appareils.fr
• Comet III at Sylvain Halgand's www.collection-appareils.fr

• Bencini Comet IIat Au fil des images by J.C.Boussat (in French)