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''There is also a bakelite box camera named [[Filma]], made in two sizes by the Italian maker of the same name.'' | ''There is also a bakelite box camera named [[Filma]], made in two sizes by the Italian maker of the same name.'' | ||
| − | The '''Filma''' is a box camera for 2¼x3¼-inch exposures on 120 film, made by [[Thornton-Pickard]] from about 1912.<ref name=W&B>[http://www.woodandbrass.co.uk/detail.php?cat_num=0229 Filma] at [http://www.woodandbrass.co.uk/index.php Wood and Brass].</ref> It is wooden-bodied, with black leatherette covering, and has brilliant finders for vertical and horizontal orientation. It appears to have a single-speed shutter and no aperture control. | + | The '''Filma''' is a box camera for 2¼x3¼-inch exposures on 120 film, made by [[Thornton-Pickard]] from about 1912.<ref name=W&B>[http://www.woodandbrass.co.uk/detail.php?cat_num=0229 Filma] at [http://www.woodandbrass.co.uk/index.php Wood and Brass].</ref> It is wooden-bodied, with black leatherette covering, and has brilliant finders for vertical and horizontal orientation. It appears to have a single-speed shutter and no aperture control. 'T-P Filma' is impressed in the leather handle on top.<ref name=W&B/> |
The notes at ''Wood and Brass'' state that for the first year of its produciton, the camera was made with a metal strip running the full length of the body, which serves simply to hold the back on.<ref name=W&B/> This was replaced in later cameras with more usual catches. | The notes at ''Wood and Brass'' state that for the first year of its produciton, the camera was made with a metal strip running the full length of the body, which serves simply to hold the back on.<ref name=W&B/> This was replaced in later cameras with more usual catches. | ||
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There is also a bakelite box camera named Filma, made in two sizes by the Italian maker of the same name.
The Filma is a box camera for 2¼x3¼-inch exposures on 120 film, made by Thornton-Pickard from about 1912.[1] It is wooden-bodied, with black leatherette covering, and has brilliant finders for vertical and horizontal orientation. It appears to have a single-speed shutter and no aperture control. 'T-P Filma' is impressed in the leather handle on top.[1]
The notes at Wood and Brass state that for the first year of its produciton, the camera was made with a metal strip running the full length of the body, which serves simply to hold the back on.[1] This was replaced in later cameras with more usual catches.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Filma at Wood and Brass.
