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| − | The '''Ilford Prentice''' is a [[folding]] camera made in the UK by [[Kershaw-Soho]] for [[Ilford]]. | + | The '''Ilford Prentice''' is a [[folding]] camera made in the UK by [[Kershaw-Soho]] for [[Ilford]] in about 1951. It makes 2¼×3¼ inch (6×9 cm) exposures on 120 film. |
| − | + | The camera is very similar to later (plunger shutter-release) models of the [[Kershaw Eight-20 Penguin]]. It has a plastic [[periscopic lens]], with two aperture settings (f/11 and f/16), with focusing down to six feet. Unlike the Kershaw camera, there is a slight bulge in the door to accomodate the lens unit, so it does not need the instruction to ''"Set pointer here before closing camera"''. It has a simple 'I' and 'B' shutter. | |
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| + | The body is of pressed metal, painted in 'crackle-finish' enamel. It has a [[brilliant finder]], which rotates for portrait and landscape orientation. There is a swing-out spool holder at the supply end of the film chamber. | ||
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* [http://www.photomemorabilia.co.uk/Ilford/Prentice.html Ilford Prentice] on [http://www.photomemorabilia.co.uk/ Maurice Fisher's Photomemorabilia] | * [http://www.photomemorabilia.co.uk/Ilford/Prentice.html Ilford Prentice] on [http://www.photomemorabilia.co.uk/ Maurice Fisher's Photomemorabilia] | ||
| + | * [http://www.photomemorabilia.co.uk/Ilford/Prentice/Prentice_Instruct/Prentice.pdf User's manual] on the same site. | ||
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Revision as of 18:12, 16 September 2011
The Ilford Prentice is a folding camera made in the UK by Kershaw-Soho for Ilford in about 1951. It makes 2¼×3¼ inch (6×9 cm) exposures on 120 film. The camera is very similar to later (plunger shutter-release) models of the Kershaw Eight-20 Penguin. It has a plastic periscopic lens, with two aperture settings (f/11 and f/16), with focusing down to six feet. Unlike the Kershaw camera, there is a slight bulge in the door to accomodate the lens unit, so it does not need the instruction to "Set pointer here before closing camera". It has a simple 'I' and 'B' shutter.
The body is of pressed metal, painted in 'crackle-finish' enamel. It has a brilliant finder, which rotates for portrait and landscape orientation. There is a swing-out spool holder at the supply end of the film chamber.
Links
- Ilford Prentice on Maurice Fisher's Photomemorabilia
- User's manual on the same site.
