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Roto Cameras

The Roto company was founded by Giovanni Ropolo in the mid 1930s in Torino Italy. The name was derived from the first two letters of his last name 'Ro' combined with 'To', the first two letters of the city of Torino, where the company was based. It sold a variety of cameras that were made locally by small businesses and marketed photographic goods. In 1970 Roto merged into CIDAF (the Italian Consortium Distributors News Photo-cine-radio ).

Here are the Roto cameras in my collection with date of introduction and film type.

I use a star system to rate cameras against their Art Deco credentials.

RatingArt Deco Credentials
star star star star starIconic: Famous, well-known and celebrated
star star star starSignificant: Pronounced and self evident
star star starNoteworthy: Worth giving special attention
star starAcceptable: Modest and restricted
starLimited: Minor and insubstantial

Roto

 ModelDateFilm
star star starstarstar
Elvo
1938120/620
star star
Riber Lys
1950120