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Latest revision as of 05:42, 7 August 2022
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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.