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| + | *[http://redbellows.co.uk/CameraCollection/HoughtonButcher/MayFairPortraitBoxCamera_gen.htm May Fair Box page] at [http://redbellows.co.uk/index.htm Redbellows] | ||
* [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=1204 May Fair] on Sylvain Halgand's [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/ Collection d'Appareils Photo Anciens] (in French) | * [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=1204 May Fair] on Sylvain Halgand's [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/ Collection d'Appareils Photo Anciens] (in French) | ||
[[Category: 6x9 box]] | [[Category: 6x9 box]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 06:57, 13 February 2022
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| May Fair image by AWCam (Image rights) |
The May Fair is a metal box camera made by Houghton Butcher in England, c.1930 - principally as an advertising premium[1]. There was also a folding May Fair.
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| Frame finder extended image by AWCam (Image rights) |
It takes 6x9cm images on 120 film and is equipped with two Watson-type finders and a pull-out wire frame finder. Some sources list the camera as Ensign May Fair - or Mayfair - but the name Ensign does not appear on the camera except on the "This camera uses E.20 ENSIGN FILM obtainable everywhere" sticker inside.
The controls are limited to a T/I selector for the shutter and two unlabelled apertures set by a slider on the top. The lens is fixed-focus, but has an auxiliary lens for portraits which can be stored in a small compartment on the left side, near the front. The heavy body opens at the rear, and has a removable film spool carrier, which also holds the lens.
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Links
- May Fair Box page at Redbellows
- May Fair on Sylvain Halgand's Collection d'Appareils Photo Anciens (in French)
