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The '''KI Monobar''' is a 35mm [[monorail camera]], made by '''Kennedy Instruments Ltd''', a division of [[Ilford]], from 1958 until 1965.<ref name=PM>[http://www.photomemorabilia.co.uk/Ilford/KI_Monobar.html Notes on the K.I. Monobar] at Maurice Fisher's [http://www.photomemorabilia.co.uk/index.html Photographic Memorabilia] site.</ref> The camera was designed by medical photographers Charles Engel and Dr Peter Hansell. It uses standard 135 film cassettes, loaded in a magazine back. The standard model of the camera (type U) has the camera movements (front and rear rise, tilt and swing) that are more familiar features of large-format cameras. There was also a simpler type F without movements, for applications like microscopy where movements are not useful.<ref name=PM/>
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The '''KI Monobar''' is a 35mm [[monorail camera]], made by '''Kennedy Instruments Ltd''', a division of [[Ilford]], from 1958 until 1965.<ref name=PM>[http://www.photomemorabilia.co.uk/Ilford/KI_Monobar.html Notes on the K.I. Monobar] at Maurice Fisher's [http://www.photomemorabilia.co.uk/index.html Photographic Memorabilia] site.</ref> The camera was designed by medical photographers Charles Engel and Dr Peter Hansell. It uses standard 135 film cassettes, loaded in a magazine back. The standard model of the camera (type U) has the camera movements (front and rear rise, tilt and swing) that are more familiar features of large-format cameras. There was also a simpler type F without movements, for applications like microscopy where movements are not useful.<ref name=PM></ref>
 
  
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* [http://www.auction2000.se/auk/w.Object?inC=WLPA&inA=21&inO=505 K.I. Monobar], type U with a two-inch f/3.5 Dallmeyer Anastigmat, offered in the [http://www.auction2000.se/auk/w.ObjectList?inSiteLang=&inC=WLPA&inA=21 21st Westlicht Photographica Auction], on 23 May 2012.
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* [https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Kennedy-Instruments-KI-Ilford-Monobar-Type-U/AI-21-13676 K.I. Monobar], type U with a two-inch f/3.5 Dallmeyer Anastigmat, offered in the [https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Cameras/Past-Auctions/Auction-21/ 21st Westlicht Photographica Auction], on 23 May 2012.
* [http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot/ki-monobar-type-u-technical-camera-4028227-details.aspx?from=salesummary&intObjectID=4028227&sid=7a285c9b-b56a-4fe2-ad8a-dd5b09f71e8e K.I. Monobar], type U with 2⅜-inch f/6.5 Dallmeyer Wide Angle Anastigmat, sold at the auction ''[http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/searchresults.aspx?intSaleID=17790 The British Camera 1840-1960 The Jim Barron Collection]'' at [http://www.christies.com/ Christie's] in London.
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* [https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-ki-monobar-type-u-technical-camera-4028227/?from=salesummary&intObjectID=4028227&sid=7a285c9b-b56a-4fe2-ad8a-dd5b09f71e8e K.I. Monobar], type U with 2⅜-inch f/6.5 Dallmeyer Wide Angle Anastigmat, sold at the auction ''[http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/searchresults.aspx?intSaleID=17790 The British Camera 1840-1960 The Jim Barron Collection]'' at [http://www.christies.com/ Christie's] in London.
 
* [http://www.photomemorabilia.co.uk/Ilford/KI_Monobar/Monobar_Instructions.pdf User's Manual] (pdf) at Photographic Memorabilia.
 
* [http://www.photomemorabilia.co.uk/Ilford/KI_Monobar/Monobar_Instructions.pdf User's Manual] (pdf) at Photographic Memorabilia.
  
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Latest revision as of 00:32, 23 January 2024

The KI Monobar is a 35mm monorail camera, made by Kennedy Instruments Ltd, a division of Ilford, from 1958 until 1965.[1] The camera was designed by medical photographers Charles Engel and Dr Peter Hansell. It uses standard 135 film cassettes, loaded in a magazine back. The standard model of the camera (type U) has the camera movements (front and rear rise, tilt and swing) that are more familiar features of large-format cameras. There was also a simpler type F without movements, for applications like microscopy where movements are not useful.[1]

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Bibliography

  • British Journal of Photography, 16 July 1954, p. 367.
  • Michel Auer (1975), The Illustrated History of the Camera, p. 216.
  • McKeown, James M. and Joan C. McKeown's Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras, 12th Edition, 2005-2006. USA, Centennial Photo Service, 2004. ISBN 0-931838-40-1 (hardcover). ISBN 0-931838-41-X (softcover). p. 457.