Roto Elvo Art Deco Camera (Bakelit)

150.-

26.05.2026

6512, Giubiasco

Vintage (1938) camera, designed in the main Art Deco period. Curvilinear body design, bakelite body, horizontal ribbing to bakelite, Art Deco lettering of name on body, trapisoidal moulding on lens faceplate, chrome film advance knob.
The Elvo is a brown Bakelite strut folding camera. It was made in Turin, Italy by a company called Roto. It takes 16 4.5x6cm frames on 120 film.
The lens and shutter mechanism springs out on struts. The lens is an f/11 Elvo-MAF Acromatic with fixed focus and aperture. The shutter release is below the lens. There is an Instant/Time shutter switch above the lens which is marked I(Istantaneo) & P(Posa) which is equivalent to Instant and Time.

The body has a flip-up frame finder on top which has two lenses. The film advance knob has the camera's name etched on it. The back is held on by a sliding latch on the right-hand side. The whole back detaches for easy loading of film. There is a red window on the back to view the frame numbers. A tripod mount is found on the bottom of the camera.

The shutter on this particular camera works fine, while the I (Istantaneo) & P(Posa) switch seems jammed.