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The '''Mako Shark''' is a basic underwater camera designed in the 1950s by Jordan Klein<ref>[https://patents.google.com/patent/US2865271A/en US Patent 2,865,271] via [https://patents.google.com/ Google Patents]</ref> and later marketed by fitness- and dive-equipment supplier '''Healthways'''. The body is made from a bakelite-like plastic, and the squat cylindrical shape allows the back to be screwed into place with a waterproof seal. | The '''Mako Shark''' is a basic underwater camera designed in the 1950s by Jordan Klein<ref>[https://patents.google.com/patent/US2865271A/en US Patent 2,865,271] via [https://patents.google.com/ Google Patents]</ref> and later marketed by fitness- and dive-equipment supplier '''Healthways'''. The body is made from a bakelite-like plastic, and the squat cylindrical shape allows the back to be screwed into place with a waterproof seal. | ||
− | Versions exist with or without front-panel contacts for [[flash sync]]<ref>Catalog No. 1950 is the flash-equipped version; while No. 1951 lacks the flash contacts.</ref> and the color may be gray or black with red accents. | + | Versions exist with or without front-panel contacts for [[flash sync]]<ref>Catalog No. 1950 is the flash-equipped version; while No. 1951 lacks the flash contacts.</ref> and the color may be gray or black, with red accents. The camera's optics, shutter, and film-holder are taken from a [[Kodak Brownie Hawkeye]] camera<ref>Photographs from [http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Healthways-Mako-Shark-Underwater-Camera-AS-FOUND-/161819189050?nma=true&si=e9TPmSEMOk7hFIpbkVb5MD%252BAmTY%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 eBay auction #161819189050], among others online, confirm this</ref> meaning the Mako Shark is also a [[fixed focus]] camera using [[620 film]]. |
This camera design was reworked into the [[Siluro|Nemrod Siluro]], which was manufactured in the 1960s in Spain. | This camera design was reworked into the [[Siluro|Nemrod Siluro]], which was manufactured in the 1960s in Spain. | ||
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==Links== | ==Links== | ||
− | *[https://patents.google.com/patent/USD177738S/en Design Patent 177,738] "Combined waterproof housing and camera" Application November 2, 1955, from [https://patents.google.com/ Google Patents | + | *[https://patents.google.com/patent/USD177738S/en Design Patent 177,738] "Combined waterproof housing and camera" Application November 2, 1955, from [https://patents.google.com/ Google Patents] |
*[http://www.skindivinghistory.com/mfg_retailers/h/Healthways/48.html Period advertising for Mako Shark camera] from [http://www.skindivinghistory.com/index.html SkinDivingHistory.com] | *[http://www.skindivinghistory.com/mfg_retailers/h/Healthways/48.html Period advertising for Mako Shark camera] from [http://www.skindivinghistory.com/index.html SkinDivingHistory.com] | ||
+ | *[http://www.internationallegendsofdiving.com/FeaturedLegends/Jordan_Klein_bio.htm Jordon Klein biography] at [http://www.internationallegendsofdiving.com/index.htm International Legends of Diving] | ||
+ | *Sid Macken column "The Submarine Lens: The Point and Shoots," pages 40–41 in [http://aquaticcommons.org/15286/1/The_Journal_of_Diving_History_66_2011.pdf The Journal of Diving History, Winter 2011 (Volume 19 Issue 1, Number 66)]. | ||
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The Mako Shark is a basic underwater camera designed in the 1950s by Jordan Klein[1] and later marketed by fitness- and dive-equipment supplier Healthways. The body is made from a bakelite-like plastic, and the squat cylindrical shape allows the back to be screwed into place with a waterproof seal.
Versions exist with or without front-panel contacts for flash sync[2] and the color may be gray or black, with red accents. The camera's optics, shutter, and film-holder are taken from a Kodak Brownie Hawkeye camera[3] meaning the Mako Shark is also a fixed focus camera using 620 film.
This camera design was reworked into the Nemrod Siluro, which was manufactured in the 1960s in Spain.
Notes
- ↑ US Patent 2,865,271 via Google Patents
- ↑ Catalog No. 1950 is the flash-equipped version; while No. 1951 lacks the flash contacts.
- ↑ Photographs from eBay auction #161819189050, among others online, confirm this
Links
- Design Patent 177,738 "Combined waterproof housing and camera" Application November 2, 1955, from Google Patents
- Period advertising for Mako Shark camera from SkinDivingHistory.com
- Jordon Klein biography at International Legends of Diving
- Sid Macken column "The Submarine Lens: The Point and Shoots," pages 40–41 in The Journal of Diving History, Winter 2011 (Volume 19 Issue 1, Number 66).