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The '''Dallmeyer Snapshot''' was a strut folding camera taking 2 1/4 x 3 1/4" (6x9) exposures. It was made by [[Houghton-Butcher]] for [[Dallmeyer]], from 1929 to well into the 1930s. It was a metal camera with simple settings: ''Distant'', ''Medium'' and ''Near'' for focusing, ''Bright'' and ''Dull'' for aperture, ''Fast'', ''Slow'' and ''Time'' for speed (1/40, 1/20 and T). There was a [[brilliant finder]] in the front plate, normally for vertical pictures, but it could be oriented to take horizontal shots. The lens was a Dallmeyer Anastigmat f/6 (no focal length indicated).
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The '''Dallmeyer Snapshot''' was a strut folding camera taking 2 1/4 x 3 1/4" (6x9) exposures. It was a metal camera with simple settings: ''Distant'', ''Medium'' and ''Near'' for focusing, ''Bright'' and ''Dull'' for aperture, ''Fast'', ''Slow'' and ''Time'' for speed (1/40, 1/20 and T). There was a [[brilliant finder]] in the front plate, normally for vertical pictures, but it could be oriented to take horizontal shots. The lens was a Dallmeyer Anastigmat f/6 (no focal length indicated).
  
The first model in 1929 used film packs and had a folding frame finder in addition to the brilliant finder. A '''Dallmeyer Snapshot De Luxe''' appeared the following year. It was marked ''De Luxe'' and had leather (or leatherette?) covering instead of black paint. Apart from this, no difference is visible.
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The first model, presented in 1929, used film packs and had a folding frame finder in addition to the brilliant finder. A '''Dallmeyer Snapshot De Luxe''' appeared the following year. It was marked ''De Luxe'' and had leather (or leatherette?) covering instead of black paint. Apart from this, no difference is visible.
  
 
In 1931 a rollfilm model appeared, taking 120 film. It existed both in normal and De Luxe versions. There was no folding frame finder, but there was a folding leg to hold it vertically.
 
In 1931 a rollfilm model appeared, taking 120 film. It existed both in normal and De Luxe versions. There was no folding frame finder, but there was a folding leg to hold it vertically.
  
Channing and Dunn tell that the film pack model was made by Dallmeyer itself and the rollfilm model was made by [[Houghton-Butcher]] and marked as such. Other sources, including McKeown, tell that all the Snapshot were made by Houghton-Butcher.
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The Snapshot was sold until well into the 1930s.
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Channing and Dunn say that the film pack model was made by Dallmeyer itself and the rollfilm model was made by [[Houghton-Butcher]] and marked as such. Other sources, including McKeown, say that all the Snapshot were made by Houghton-Butcher.
  
 
== Bibliography ==
 
== Bibliography ==

Revision as of 21:59, 25 March 2006

The Dallmeyer Snapshot was a strut folding camera taking 2 1/4 x 3 1/4" (6x9) exposures. It was a metal camera with simple settings: Distant, Medium and Near for focusing, Bright and Dull for aperture, Fast, Slow and Time for speed (1/40, 1/20 and T). There was a brilliant finder in the front plate, normally for vertical pictures, but it could be oriented to take horizontal shots. The lens was a Dallmeyer Anastigmat f/6 (no focal length indicated).

The first model, presented in 1929, used film packs and had a folding frame finder in addition to the brilliant finder. A Dallmeyer Snapshot De Luxe appeared the following year. It was marked De Luxe and had leather (or leatherette?) covering instead of black paint. Apart from this, no difference is visible.

In 1931 a rollfilm model appeared, taking 120 film. It existed both in normal and De Luxe versions. There was no folding frame finder, but there was a folding leg to hold it vertically.

The Snapshot was sold until well into the 1930s.

Channing and Dunn say that the film pack model was made by Dallmeyer itself and the rollfilm model was made by Houghton-Butcher and marked as such. Other sources, including McKeown, say that all the Snapshot were made by Houghton-Butcher.

Bibliography

  • The British Camera 1840-1960 The Jim Barron Collection, Christies auction catalogue
  • British Camera Makers, N. Channing & M. Dunn, ed. Parkland Designs

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