Ilford Sportsman

Mk.4 model with fake rangefinder window

Ilford's Sportsman cameras were a range of viewfinder- and rangefinder-cameras, made for Ilford in Germany by Dacora; the first was introduced in 1957. They were a cheaper alternative to the Kodak Retina and Retinette series for the newly-popular 35mm format at the time. The Sportsman cameras were rebadged versions of Dacora models, including the Dacora Dignette. There were a variety of shutters fitted, including Vario and Prontor mechanisms, housing a selection of lenses such as the Dacora Dignar, Steinheil Cassar and Isco Color-Isconar.

The name was continued into a 126 cartridge film device, the Sportsman Instant, introduced in 1967.

Mk.1 model	Sportsman Style 4 Auto RF, c.1962 with rangefinder and coupled light meter	Sportsman C Instant 126, 1967
Mk.3 Model, late 1959	Mk.3 model	Mk.4 model with meter and no rangefinder -with accessory rangefinder

Links

• Sportsman cameras at Maurice Fisher's Photomemorabilia