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'''Boots''' is a chain-store chemist (a drugstore like Walgreens in the USA) in the United Kingdom and elsewhere. It has sold a multitude of cameras and accessories made by many manufacturers, including [[Braun]], [[Beier]], [[Franka]], [[Houghton]]s, [[King]] and [[Bencini]], rebadged under the Boots (or Boots Cash Chemist, BCC) name, going back at least to 1911<ref>{{McKeown}} lists a "Boots Special" folding field camera, dated 1911.</ref>, or even 1906<ref>[[Boots field camera]] is dated c.1906</ref>.
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For a large fraction of the twentieth century, Boots was a popular camera & film retailer and photo processor in the UK, and continues selling photographic products in the digital era. However, most cameras sold by Boots recently (apart from some [[disposable camera]]s) are under the original manufacturer's brand names, rather than Boots own. It is one of the last UK High street chains to offer film processing (although not in all stores).
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In terms of corporate history, John Boot opened a herbalist shop in 1849 in Nottingham with his son founding Boot & Company Limited in 1883. In 2012 the company entered a strategic partnership with Walgreens and operates in over 25 countries with over 3000 retail stores.
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'''Boots''' is a chain-store chemist (a drugstore like Walgreens in the USA) in the United Kingdom (and elsewhere). It has sold rebadged a multitude of cameras made by many manufacturers, including [[Braun]], [[Beier]] [[Houghton]]s and [[Bencini]], going back at least to 1911<ref>McKeown lists a "Boots Special" folding field camera, dated 1911.</ref>.
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Boots was for a large proportion of the twentieth century a popular film retailer and photoprocessor in the UK.
 
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|image_text= A Boots-packaged [[Canon IXUS AF & FF|IXUS FF]]
 
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* Boots 126c
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* Boots [[Beirette]]
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==Cameras==
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<!-- possible list of models, not yet categorized by film:
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Boots 100FX
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Boots 100SF
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Boots 150FF
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Boots 200MD
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Boots 250MD
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Boots 260MD
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Boots 301AF
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Boots 400 Electronic Flash
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Boots 502AF
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Boots 701 Zoom
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Boots 702 Zoom
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Boots 802 Zoom
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Boots Mini Twin AF
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Boots Mini Zoom
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Boots Motor Auto Flash
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-->
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===[[35mm]]===
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*   Boots 300AF
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*  Boots 350 AF
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*  Boots 35F Compact
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*  Boots 35MF Compact
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*  Boots Amica
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*  Boots Amica 2
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*  Boots animal cameras: Bug, Giraffe, Polar Bear, Tiger
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*   Boots [[Beirette]] series
 
* [[Boots Beirette BL]]
 
* [[Boots Beirette BL]]
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* Boot Comet 126x
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*   Boots Big Shot 35FX
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* Boots Comet 200
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*   Boots C35AF ([[Ricoh AF-30]])
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* Boots Comet 404-X
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*  Boots C35FF ([[Ricoh Auto 35 Date|Ricoh Auto 35]])
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* Boots [[Bencini Koroll|Koroll II]]
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*  Boots FF 100
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* [[Unimatic II|Boots Unimatic II]]
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*  Boots FF 135
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*  [[Boots FX 100]]
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*  Boots MD 200
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*   Boots Mini Zoom ([[Ricoh Shotmaster Ultra Zoom]])
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*   [[Boots Pacemaker]] series ([[Franka]] and [[Regula|King]])
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*   Boots Pacer 35EC
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===[[APS film]]===
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* Boots 1000
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* Boots 3000
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* Boots 3000 MZ
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* Boots 5000 Advanced
 
* [[Canon IXUS AF & FF|Canon IXUS FF]]
 
* [[Canon IXUS AF & FF|Canon IXUS FF]]
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* Kodak [[Advantix]] range
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===[[120 film]]===
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*  Boots [[Bencini Koroll|Koroll II]] ([[Bencini]])
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===[[126 film]]===
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* Boots 126c
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* Boots Comet II ([[Bencini]])
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* Boots Comet 100
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* [[Boots Comet 126x]] ([[Bencini]])
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* Boots Comet 200 ([[Bencini]])
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* Boots Comet 404-X ([[Bencini]])
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* Boots Comet 44 ([[Bencini]])
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* [[Boots/Bencini Comet 404-X]]
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* [[Comet 455-X]]
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* [[Boots Pakmatic]] ([[Braun]])
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* [[Unimatic II|Boots Unimatic II]] ([[Bencini]])
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===[[127 film]]===
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* Boots Comet-S
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===110 Film===
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* Boots 110EF
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* Boots 110MD
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* Boots 110 Electronic MD
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* Boots 110 Electronic WeatherFlash
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* [[Boots 110 TeleAutoflash]]
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* [[Boots 110 Teleflash]]
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* Boots 110FF
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* Boots Mini 110EF
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* [[Boots Mini 110 electronic flash]]
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* Boots Pocket 110EF
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* Boots Tele 110
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* Boots Tele 110EF
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* [[Comet 110]]
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===[[Disc film]]===
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* Boots Disc 115
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* Boots Disc 215
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* Boots Disc 415
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* Boots Disc 515
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* Boots Tele-disc 715
  
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===[[Disposable camera|Disposable]]===
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''Boots have sold and continue to sell a large variety of disposables, under their own brand and also others such as Kodak & Fuji''
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===Early field cameras===
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* [[Boots field camera]] (circa 1906) <!--The description of this camera belongs in its own article page, created/moved by Vox -->
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==Notes==
 
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==Links==
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* [http://www.rolandandcaroline.co.uk/html/boots_bug_camera.html  Boots bug camera] and other animals, by [http://www.rolandandcaroline.co.uk/ Roland & Caroline Givan]
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boots_UK Boots UK] page on [http://en.wikipedia.org/ wikipedia]
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* [https://www.walgreensbootsalliance.com/about-us/history Wallgreens Boots History Timeline] at [https://www.walgreensbootsalliance.com/ Walgreens Boots Alliance corporate website]
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* [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/comet/comet-s/comet-s.htm Comet-S 127 film camera instruction manual in PDF format (English)] from [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/ OrphanCameras.com]
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[[Category:UK]]
 
[[Category:UK]]
 
[[Category: Distributors]]
 
[[Category: Distributors]]

Latest revision as of 04:51, 26 May 2023

5719308929_b498de0607.jpg
Old style Boots storefront in Midhurst
image by chi trevor's other pics (Image rights)
2620084937_e764d83ecb_m.jpg
Unimatic II
image by AWCam (Image rights)
British companies
Adams & Co. | Agilux | Aldis | APeM | Aptus | Artima | Barnet Ensign | Beard | Beck | Benetfink‎ | Billcliff | Boots | British Ferrotype | Butcher | Chapman | Cooke | Corfield | Coronet | Dallmeyer | Dekko | De Vere | Dixons | Dollond | Elliott | Gandolfi | Gnome | Griffiths | G. Hare | Houghtons | Houghton-Butcher | Hunter | Ilford | Jackson | Johnson | Kentmere | Kershaw-Soho | Kodak Ltd. | Lancaster | Lejeune and Perken | Lizars | London & Paris Optic & Clock Company | Marion | Marlow | Meagher | MPP | Neville | Newman & Guardia | Pearson and Denham | Perken, Son and Company | Perken, Son & Rayment | Photopia | Purma | Reid & Sigrist | Reynolds and Branson | Ross | Ross Ensign | Sanderson | Sands & Hunter | Shackman | Shew | Soho | Standard Cameras Ltd | Taylor-Hobson | Thornton-Pickard | Underwood | United | Watkins | Watson | Wynne's Infallible | Wray

Boots is a chain-store chemist (a drugstore like Walgreens in the USA) in the United Kingdom and elsewhere. It has sold a multitude of cameras and accessories made by many manufacturers, including Braun, Beier, Franka, Houghtons, King and Bencini, rebadged under the Boots (or Boots Cash Chemist, BCC) name, going back at least to 1911[1], or even 1906[2].

For a large fraction of the twentieth century, Boots was a popular camera & film retailer and photo processor in the UK, and continues selling photographic products in the digital era. However, most cameras sold by Boots recently (apart from some disposable cameras) are under the original manufacturer's brand names, rather than Boots own. It is one of the last UK High street chains to offer film processing (although not in all stores).

In terms of corporate history, John Boot opened a herbalist shop in 1849 in Nottingham with his son founding Boot & Company Limited in 1883. In 2012 the company entered a strategic partnership with Walgreens and operates in over 25 countries with over 3000 retail stores.

5574543825_71000c1d5f_m_d.jpg
Boots Field Camera
c. 1900-1906
image by Dave Dockerill (Image rights)
130853498_dee8d5b1a0_m.jpg
Boots Beirette BL
image by Goodimages (Image rights)
2994853795_f5fa4b8777_m.jpg
A Boots-packaged IXUS FF
image by AWCam (Image rights)
4771774823_7b93c9469a_m.jpg
Boots 5000
image by AWCam (Image rights)
4084658722_71a56e774a_m.jpg
Boots 404-X
image by AWCam (Image rights)
3935293915_c7695c2124_m.jpg
Boots 110EF
image by AWCam (Image rights)
6293254161_84749376f1_m.jpg
Boots disc 415
image by AWCam (Image rights)


Cameras

35mm

APS film

120 film

126 film

127 film

  • Boots Comet-S

110 Film

Disc film

  • Boots Disc 115
  • Boots Disc 215
  • Boots Disc 415
  • Boots Disc 515
  • Boots Tele-disc 715


Disposable

Boots have sold and continue to sell a large variety of disposables, under their own brand and also others such as Kodak & Fuji

Early field cameras

Notes

  1. ↑ McKeown lists a "Boots Special" folding field camera, dated 1911.
  2. ↑ Boots field camera is dated c.1906

Links


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Boots KL-6 selenium meter
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