#foth derby

Foth Derby folding strut camera

Threesome of Foth Derby Cameras

This is a Foth Derby folding strut camera made in Germany by C.F. Foth & Co.  The Foth Derby was in production from 1930 to about 1940 and was designed as a lower-cost alternative to Leica and Contax cameras of the time.  It was a direct competitor to the Kodak Vest Pocket camera and used that camera’s 127 format film.  Originally designed to make sixteen images of

Foth Derby camera on the cover of the biographical book, Tonio, by Adri Van Der Heijden.

The Foth Derby was a German-designed 127 folding “vest pocket” camera made in the 1930s, intended as a low cost alternative to the Leicas and Contaxes of the day. There are many models and they are difficult to differentiate, but I think this is a Gallus Derby, which was made in France by Gallus.

More about the camera - http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Derby