Revue Pocket 202

The Revue Pocket 202 is a viewfinder camera. It belongs to the group of pocket film cameras and was distributed by Foto-Quelle in West Germany.

The lens of the Revue Pocket 202 is fixed. The camera comes with two exposure times 1/100 s for daylight shots and 1/40 s for flash shots. The Revue Pocket 202 does not have an autofocus. The distance is fixed. The use of flash cubes is possible. The film is rewound in the camera by hand.

Films for the Revue Pocket 202

The Revue Pocket 202 is a pocket film camera and requires pocket films. For this film format, there is again a choice of material for color and black and white images. Lomography offers films for the 110 format today.

For color images, for example, there is the Lomography Tiger 110*. An option for black and white images is the Lomography Tiger 110*. The color film is designed to be developed in the C-41 process.

The C-41 film is offered by most photo labs, but it may not be possible to develop pocket films. The development is usually more expensive than that of 35mm film.

The black and white film must be processed in a true black and white developer. Only few photo labs offer the development of black and white films for the pocket film format, because they are not designed and the demand is probably he low. Therefore, the only option is usually to develop the film yourself. This process is without a suitable developing can be difficult.

Value of the camera

The camera was advertised at the time with the following text: A practical camera that fits in any jacket pocket. It takes razor-sharp pictures. Snapshot lens, shutter 1/100 sec. in daylight, 1/40 sec. with flash, X-cube flash unit with rotary automatic, flash range 1.2-3 m.

The gift set with film and flash cube cost around 50 D-Mark at the time. The used price today will be a few Euros, depending on the condition.