Merlin (subminiature)
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image by Mario Groleau (Image rights) |
There is also the Merlin pistol-shaped Bakelite camera.
The Merlin is a cast metal subminiature camera using special 20mm roll film. A roll of film yields seven 18x18mm frames. It was made by United Optical Instruments of Southend-on-Sea, England - possibly in the late 1930s. It has a single-speed shutter and a fixed-focus f/16 lens. The body has a flip-up frame viewfinder, and is finished in a crackle-effect paint, available in red, blue, green and black.
The Merlin was used (without the frame finder) as the innards of the ERAC Mercury pistol camera.
Merlin c1936 image by OZBOX (Image rights) |