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| − | The '''May Fair''' is a metal [[box camera]] made by [[Houghton and Ensign|Houghton Butcher]] in England, c.1930 - principally as an advertising premium<ref>{{McKeown}} p.407</ref>. | + | The '''May Fair''' is a metal [[box camera]] made by [[Houghton and Ensign|Houghton Butcher]] in England, c.1930 - principally as an advertising premium<ref>{{McKeown}} p.407</ref>. There was also a [[May Fair (folding)|folding May Fair]]. |
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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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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.
Links
- May Fair on Sylvain Halgand's Collection d'Appareils Photo Anciens]
