Wirgin Edinex Camera with Leather Case

Edinex range of viewfinder cameras for 35mm film was made by Gebr. Wirgin in Wiesbaden. The first model was introduced c.1935 in Europe, and c.1936 in the US.[1][2]The same camera was later sold by Adox as the Adrette, released in the late 1930s, after the Wirgin brothers had left Germany and the Wirgin company had been absorbed into Adox.[3] Following World War II Wirgin regained control of the manufacture of these cameras and reverted back to the Edinex name. In the US (and possibly other markets), the cameras were initially released under the names Midget Marvel and Candid Midget.[4][5] During the 1930s at least one retailer used the name Candid Marvel for the Xenar f/2.0 version of this camera, listing other versions under the Candid Midget moniker.[6] The use of the name Midget Marvel continued for some versions of the camera in the US until at least the 1950s.[7][8] The US importer, Sterling-Howard, also marketed their version of this camera as the Edinex Synchro from the mid-1950s into the 1960s. Sterling-Howard also advertised this camera as an Adox-Edinex (with hyphen) at times in the 1950s.