Falcon Minicam Senior
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original variant with on-body release button, and a named lens in a lens barrel w/o release lever image by Graustark (Image rights) |
The Falcon Minicam Senior 127 film camera was made in New York by the Utility Manufacturing Company. The 50mm Minivar lens and Instant/Time shutter were common features of many Falcon-branded cameras from the company.
In addition to the making of a modified version of Utility's aluminium-bodied camera, Spartus recycled the name "Minicam Senior" for a bakelite model, badged as made by Falcon Camera Co. of Chicago, a brand used by Spartus after its purchase of Utility Mfg.
Utility's original design was also continued, but with the lens barrel and lens of Spartus' bakelite Minicam Senior.
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Bakelite Minicam Senior from Chicago image by Scott Head (Image rights) |
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Aluminium Minicam Senior, with the bakelite camera's lens barrel image by Guy Lordat (Image rights) |
See The Chicago Cluster for more probably-related cameras and "companies"