Regula Picca CB

Serial Number: Cam0195

Type:
35mm View Finder Camera
Rectormat 300
0288409
S13-101

Manufacturer:
King Regula

Country of Origin:
Western Germany

Production Period:
1973

Approximate Price:
USD 200

Reference:
https camerapedia.fandom.com wiki Regula_Picca

Status: Display

Description:
The Picca camera is another redesign for the King Regula range, it bears all the hallmarks of the Sprinty range but is much lighter and streamlined due to a more plastic construction because of this it loses the more solid feeling of the previous Sprinty range. Both cameras have a light meter panel on the front but only the Picca CB has a functional meter. The Picca C and CB both have minor variants with different focus ring designs.

The construction of the camera is anodised aluminium and mostly plastic, the leatherette texture on the camera is molded plastic. It has a hot shoe that can be adjusted for use with an electronic flash or flash bulb. The film is advanced with a metal lever this also moves the exposure counter which is located on the top right of the camera, this is reset whenever the rear of the camera is opened. This model has a fake selenium light meter cell panel on the front, this may be a purely aesthetic choice to keep the models looking consistent.

Regula is the camera brand of the German firm King between the 1950s and 1980s, they were widely exported all over the world, designed to be well built and affordable consumer cameras. There are a vast range of models and variations on those models. There were 3 major design styles in the 1950 s with the I, II and III series of models all being quite distinct from each other. By the 1960 s the models all look roughly similar with some cosmetic and feature variations here and there, rumor has it this was done to save money by using up spare parts left over from other model s production runs. After a costly lawsuit which they lost in the late 1960 s King redesigned their models to be made cheaper and the quality of the cameras took a sharp downturn. King limped on through the 1970 s and early 1980 s until declaring bankruptcy in 1984.