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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 '''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 '''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]] and the color may be gray or black with red accents. Some sources state<ref>[http://www.internationallegendsofdiving.com/FeaturedLegends/Jordan_Klein_bio.htm Jordon Klein biography] at [http://www.internationallegendsofdiving.com/index.htm International Legends of Diving]</ref><ref> Sid Macken column "The Submarine Lens: The Point and Shoots" 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)], pgs. 40–41.</ref> that the optics, shutter, and film-holder are taken from [[Kodak Brownie Hawkeye]] camera; in any case the Mako Shark is also a [[fixed focus]] camera using [[620 film]]. | + | Versions exist with or without front-panel contacts for [[flash sync]] and the color may be gray or black with red accents. Some sources state<ref>[http://www.internationallegendsofdiving.com/FeaturedLegends/Jordan_Klein_bio.htm Jordon Klein biography] at [http://www.internationallegendsofdiving.com/index.htm International Legends of Diving]</ref><ref> Sid Macken column "The Submarine Lens: The Point and Shoots" 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)], pgs. 40–41.</ref> that the optics, shutter, and film-holder are taken from a [[Kodak Brownie Hawkeye]] camera; in any case 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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The Mako Shark is a basic underwater camera designed in the 1950s by Jordan Klein[1] and later marketed by 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 and the color may be gray or black with red accents. Some sources state[2][3] that the optics, shutter, and film-holder are taken from a Kodak Brownie Hawkeye camera; in any case 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
- ↑ Jordon Klein biography at International Legends of Diving
- ↑ Sid Macken column "The Submarine Lens: The Point and Shoots" in The Journal of Diving History, Winter 2011 (Volume 19 Issue 1, Number 66), pgs. 40–41.
