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| + | The '''Photo-Magic''' is a [[bakelite]] camera for 4×6.5cm exposures on 127 film, made in black or wine. It was very simple, around the meniscus lens it was only marked ''Photo-Magic'' and ''No 4065''; always the same! It had a time and instant shutter. On some, it was marked P and I, some other were marked T and I and had ''British made'' inside the back. There was also an identical '''Photo-Miami''' camera. | ||
It looks a little like the original [[MIOM]] camera, and also quite like a small version of the [[Wembley Sports Camera|Wembley Sports]] without the screw-out [[lens barrel]]. Vial dates it from 1948, and McKeown lists it under the [[Boumsell]] entry, while noting that Boumsell was only a distributor. It is discussed in more detail by Sylvain Halgand on [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/artima/html/photomagic.php his Photo-Magic page]. | It looks a little like the original [[MIOM]] camera, and also quite like a small version of the [[Wembley Sports Camera|Wembley Sports]] without the screw-out [[lens barrel]]. Vial dates it from 1948, and McKeown lists it under the [[Boumsell]] entry, while noting that Boumsell was only a distributor. It is discussed in more detail by Sylvain Halgand on [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/artima/html/photomagic.php his Photo-Magic page]. | ||
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The Photo-Magic is a bakelite camera for 4×6.5cm exposures on 127 film, made in black or wine. It was very simple, around the meniscus lens it was only marked Photo-Magic and No 4065; always the same! It had a time and instant shutter. On some, it was marked P and I, some other were marked T and I and had British made inside the back. There was also an identical Photo-Miami camera.
It looks a little like the original MIOM camera, and also quite like a small version of the Wembley Sports without the screw-out lens barrel. Vial dates it from 1948, and McKeown lists it under the Boumsell entry, while noting that Boumsell was only a distributor. It is discussed in more detail by Sylvain Halgand on his Photo-Magic page.
Bibliography
- Vial, Bernard. Histoire des appareils français. Période 1940–1960. Paris: Maeght Éditeur, 1980, re-impressed in 1991. ISBN 2-86941-156-1.
Links
- Photo Magic, Photo Magic, Photo-Miami on www.collection-appareils.fr by Sylvain Halgand
- Photo-Magic at Clicclac
