Coronet Rapier

The flatter-bodied Rapier Mark II

The Coronet Rapier was a plastic 120 roll film viewfinder camera made by Coronet in Birmingham, UK.

The Mark I was available in 1959 (possibly earlier) - and had a black body with sloping sides and two-pin flash contacts, much like the Coronet 4-4. It had a choice of aperture, one for colour, one for black-and-white. The Mark II had a flatter, more conventional body with leathercloth covering and added a two-speed shutter, 1/50 & 1/100s with a PC socket for flash. Image format was 16 4x4cm on 120.

• Mark I images on Flickr by user Vagamundos