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− | * [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] | + | * [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) |
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Revision as of 06:14, 20 February 2018
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.
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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- May Fair on Sylvain Halgand's Collection d'Appareils Photo Anciens (in French)