Brigitte Bardot: What is this camera she's brandishing?

An odd curiosity. At some point, I came across an old picture of Brigitte Bardot, holding an SLR. Though the Japanese have long dominated the market for cameras of this type, I have sense that this one is not Japanese, but probably some European make. I guess the Japanese didn't really take over this market until the Nikon F, in 1959, and I suppose these pictures could predate that.

Anyone know the brand of this camera:

It's an Exakta Varex VX.

AC016 said:

It's an Exakta Varex VX.

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I think you've nailed it. I did some image searching the other day with no luck.

Here is a nice link: wrotniak.net: Exakta Models in Pictures