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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
Bibliography
- Repinski, Cynthia A. The UniveX Story. Centennial Photo Service, 1991. ISBN 0931838177.
Links
- Articles about UniveX Mercury, by Dana Kennedy, at Old Cameras From My Collection
- 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
