Cardinal

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A tiny camera for 127 film image by Jeff Wyonch (Image rights)

"Photo Champ" name variant image by Graustark (Image rights)

Cardinal Camera Corp. was a manufacturer (or perhaps, distributor) of small, inexpensive cameras giving 16 exposures per roll of 127 film. One piece of Cardinal literature gives the company address as 36-12 34th Street, Long Island City, NY.

Camera models

• Buckeye Camera
• Can-Tex (Bellcraft Creations)
• Cardinal
• Cinéx (it is unclear if this is related to the Cinex from Chicago)
• Photo Champ
• Jewell Sixteen (Wirecraft Co.) although back catches are different

Links

• Comically Candid: The Cardinal Cinex 127 Camera at Quirky guy with a camera blog
• Buckeye camera review (archived) and sample images, from Marcy Merril's JunkStoreCameras.com

Cinéx version, with box image by katiemalone (Image rights)