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* [http://www.subclub.org/darkroom/rollmerc.htm Reloading Mercury I cameras], an article of the [http://www.subclub.org/ Subclub website] | * [http://www.subclub.org/darkroom/rollmerc.htm Reloading Mercury I cameras], an article of the [http://www.subclub.org/ Subclub website] | ||
* [http://www.jitterbuzz.com/indcam.html Cameras from the swing era], including the Mercury, at [http://www.jitterbuzz.com/ www.jitterbuzz.com] | * [http://www.jitterbuzz.com/indcam.html Cameras from the swing era], including the Mercury, at [http://www.jitterbuzz.com/ www.jitterbuzz.com] | ||
| − | * [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/univex_mercury/univex_mercury.htm English manual for the Mercury] (.pdf format) and for the [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/mercury_ii/mercury_ii.htm Mercury II] at [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/ butkus.org's orphan camera site] | + | * [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/univex/univex_mercury/univex_mercury.htm English manual for the Mercury] (.pdf format) and for the [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/univex/mercury_ii/mercury_ii.htm Mercury II] at [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/ butkus.org's orphan camera site] |
* [http://rick_oleson.tripod.com/index-25.html Univex Mercury: The American Way], review and [http://rick_oleson.tripod.com/index-89.html design notes] in [http://rick_oleson.tripod.com/ Rick Oleson's website] | * [http://rick_oleson.tripod.com/index-25.html Univex Mercury: The American Way], review and [http://rick_oleson.tripod.com/index-89.html design notes] in [http://rick_oleson.tripod.com/ Rick Oleson's website] | ||
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The Universal Mercury is a half-frame viewfinder camera with a rotary shutter. It was introduced in 1938. At least some of the Tricor lenses were marked as being made by Wollensak.
Specifications Mercury II
- Type: viewfinder camera
- Manufacturer: Universal Camera Corp. USA
- Year of launch: 1945
- Film: 35mm film, for 65 half size(18×24mm) exposures
- Viewfinder: Galilean type optical finder
- Available Lenses: Tricor F2.7 35mm (coated), Tricor F3.5 35mm (non coated), Hexar f/2, others: 75mm, 125mm
- Shutter: Rotary metal focal plane shutter with speeds T,B,1/20 - 1/1000sec plus F hot synch
- Dimensions: 145×95×60mm
- Weight: 600g
Links
In English:
- Mercury at The Classic Camera
- Mercury II in the Living Image Camera Museum
- Pages of the camera collection by Sylvain Halgand:
- Mercury CC in the Virtual Camera Museum at www.virtualcameramuseum.com
- Reloading Mercury I cameras, an article of the Subclub website
- Cameras from the swing era, including the Mercury, at www.jitterbuzz.com
- English manual for the Mercury (.pdf format) and for the Mercury II at butkus.org's orphan camera site
- Univex Mercury: The American Way, review and design notes in Rick Oleson's website
