1945-1947 ? / Bencini CMF Erno / Vintage Camera

The Erno camera is a rare folding camera produced around the mid-1940s, primarily by the Italian company Bencini C.M.F. It uses 120 film to shoot 6×9 cm negatives and is a very simple camera with limited controls—a fixed focus bellows with only one focal position, a single aperture set at f/10.5, and shutter settings including a bulb mode and an instant mode approximately 1/30th of a second. The lens on the Erno is an aplanatic type with a focal length of 105mm, which is a simple lens design possibly composed of more than one glass element separated by air. The camera features a rotating viewfinder for landscape and portrait orientations, tripod mounts, and a manual shutter release. It is considered a mechanically functional camera with a vintage, minimalistic design primarily suited to straightforward, fixed-focus photography typical of the era.​