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| − | '''Coronet Fixed focus all distance (Foyer Fixe Toutes Distances)''' is a [[folding]] [[120 film]] camera manufactured under license of [[Coronet]] Co., Birmingham, England by [[Tiranty]] Company, Paris, France and produced in late 1940s and early 1950s. <ref>According to Sylvain Halgand this model manufactured pre-WW2 period, contrary to general knowledge about Coronet camera's licensing date to Tiranty Co.[http://www.collection-appareils.fr/ | + | '''Coronet Fixed focus all distance (Foyer Fixe Toutes Distances)''' is a [[folding]] [[120 film]] camera manufactured under license of [[Coronet]] Co., Birmingham, England by [[Tiranty]] Company, Paris, France and produced in late 1940s and early 1950s. <ref>According to Sylvain Halgand this model manufactured pre-WW2 period, contrary to general knowledge about Coronet camera's licensing date to Tiranty Co.[http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=10699]</ref> |
Coronet was a British camera maker based in Birmingham. It manufactured a variety of cheap box and folding cameras until 1967. After the WW2 it worked together with the French company Tiranty to avoid French import restrictions. Several Coronet camera models were made in France, some with Boyer lenses, and some with instruction imprints in French. | Coronet was a British camera maker based in Birmingham. It manufactured a variety of cheap box and folding cameras until 1967. After the WW2 it worked together with the French company Tiranty to avoid French import restrictions. Several Coronet camera models were made in France, some with Boyer lenses, and some with instruction imprints in French. | ||
Revision as of 20:51, 16 March 2012
Coronet Fixed focus all distance (Foyer Fixe Toutes Distances) is a folding 120 film camera manufactured under license of Coronet Co., Birmingham, England by Tiranty Company, Paris, France and produced in late 1940s and early 1950s. [1]
Coronet was a British camera maker based in Birmingham. It manufactured a variety of cheap box and folding cameras until 1967. After the WW2 it worked together with the French company Tiranty to avoid French import restrictions. Several Coronet camera models were made in France, some with Boyer lenses, and some with instruction imprints in French.
Specifications
- Self-erecting bellows
- Meniscus lens (some models have a Boyer fixed focus lens)
- Fixed focus
- Shutter speeds Instant and Time
- Made in France, probably very early model of post-WW2
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| Coronet Foyer Fixe Toutes Distances Images by Andrys Stienstra (Image rights) | |||||
Notes and references
Links
- in Sylvain Halgand Collection [2]
