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MOMETTA JUNIOR ( Leica copy ) with lens YMMAR ( Tessar) 3,5/50 mm
M42 ULTRA RARE CAMERA
The Mometta JUNIOR is a 35mm non rangefinder camera made by MOM (Magyar Optikai Művek/Hungarian Optical Works) in Budapest. It is sometimes qualified as a Leica copy, even if its appearance is very different. It has a focal plane shutter from 1/25 to 1/500s, and takes pictures in24×32mm format

This is a Mometta Junior, a 35mm interchangeable lens non-rangefinder camera, built in Budapest, Hungary between 1958 and 1962. The Mometta Junior was part of a series of Mometta cameras that shared the same basic body and focal plane shutter with speeds from 1/25 to 1/500 seconds. The lens mount is the same M42 screw mount as used by a huge number of SLR cameras with a 42mm screw mount with the only change being the addition of a coupling cam for the rangefinder. This means that Mometta M42 lenses cannot be mounted to M42 SLRs as the coupling will interfere with the reflex mirror, however M42 SLR lenses can be mounted to the Mometta, just without rangefinder coupling. The Mometta Junior was the highest featured model in the Mometta series by having both a coupled rangefinder and an interchangeable screw lens mount. Although an unusually high quality camera from a country not known for a great deal of their photographic production, the Mometta Junior sold slowly with only about 1730 ever produced. The image size is also quite irregular. The frame is 24x32mm as opposed to the normal 24x36mm. I could not find any information about the reasons for this design choice. I assume it has to do something with film efficiency. The 4mm per frame does not seem a lot, but it could mean that 40 frames can be made with a roll for 36 regular shoots.

The lens is a 50mm f/3.5 Tessar type construction with an anti-reflective coating called Ymmar. The lens was calculated by Imre Ú jvá ri and it has a decent reputation. This model of camera was manufactured from 1958 to 1962 and only 1,730 pieces were made during that time, making this camera a rarity.
Serial number of the camera: 620094
Serial number of the lens: 29577
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