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'''R.F. Hunter Ltd.''' were a importing and distribution company based at 51 Gray's Inn Road in Central London, England - who included various cameras in their products.
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'''R.F. Hunter Ltd.''' were an importing and distribution company based at 51 Gray's Inn Road, and previously at 40 Doughty St. in Central London, England - who included various cameras, cine films and slide strips in their products.
 
They seemed to specialise in quite odd-ball cameras, such as the gravity-control shuttered [[Purma]] and the stainless-steel fronted [[Gilbert|Gilbert box]] camera with rotating viewfinder.
 
They seemed to specialise in quite odd-ball cameras, such as the gravity-control shuttered [[Purma]] and the stainless-steel fronted [[Gilbert|Gilbert box]] camera with rotating viewfinder.
  
In the early 1930s, Hunter's distributed '''Celfix''' cine projectors and cameras and Hunter-rebadged '''Bingoscope''' cine projectors.
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In the early 1930s, Hunter's distributed '''Celfix''' cine projectors and cameras and Hunter-rebadged '''Bingoscope''' cine projectors, and supplied films and film strips for these.
  
 
Hunter's also supplied [[Franka]] cameras and [[Rolleiflex]]es in the 1950s-60s.
 
Hunter's also supplied [[Franka]] cameras and [[Rolleiflex]]es in the 1950s-60s.
{{British companies}}
 
  
=== Cameras supplied ===
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=== Cameras & Lenses supplied ===
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|image_text= [[Schneider]] lens ad by  R.F. Hunter<br />from ''British Journal Photographic Almanac 1932''
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*  Celfix cine
 
*  Celfix cine
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* [[Ebner]]<ref>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/heritagefutures/4911979751/in/pool-camerawiki 1938 Hunter ad for Ebner]</ref>
 
* [[Franka]]
 
* [[Franka]]
* [[Gilbert]] box, c.1953
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* [[Gilbert]] box, c.1953<ref>[http://www.historyworld.co.uk/advert.php?id=942&offset=0&sort=0&l1=Photography&l2= 1953 Hunter ad for Gilbert]</ref>
*  Gugo viewfinder camera (made by [[Goldammer]], c.1953)
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*  Gugo viewfinder camera (made by [[Goldammer]], c.1953)<ref>[http://www.historyworld.co.uk/advert.php?id=1093&offset=0&sort=0&l1=Photography&l2= 1953 Hunter ad for Gugo]</ref>
 
* [[Hunter 35]] (a rebadged Steinette, made by [[Steiner]], c.1957)
 
* [[Hunter 35]] (a rebadged Steinette, made by [[Steiner]], c.1957)
*   Hunter 35 R (a Hunter 35 with a [[rangefinder (device)|rangefinder]])
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* [[Hunter 35 | Hunter 35 R]] (a Hunter 35 with a [[rangefinder (device)|rangefinder]])
 
*  Hunter cine (Bingoscope)
 
*  Hunter cine (Bingoscope)
 
* [[Purma|  Purma Speed, Purma Special, Purma Plus]]
 
* [[Purma|  Purma Speed, Purma Special, Purma Plus]]
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*  Rolloroy (a rebadged [[Nagel Pupille]], 1930)
 
*  Rolloroy (a rebadged [[Nagel Pupille]], 1930)
  
=== Links ===
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* [[Schneider]] lenses<ref>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/heritagefutures/4912627434/in/pool-camerawiki Hunter ad for Schneider lenses, 1932]</ref>
* [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/listeH_imagettes.php#Hunter Cameras] at www.collection-appareils.fr
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* [http://www.marriottworld.com/stock_pics/olderpics/gilbert.htm Gilbert on Marriottworld]
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==Notes==
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<references />
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== Links ==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160309154913/http://www.marriottworld.com/stock_pics/olderpics/gilbert.htm Gilbert on Marriottworld] (archived)
 
* [http://www.vieilalbum.com/GilbertUS.htm Gilbert on The Old Album]
 
* [http://www.vieilalbum.com/GilbertUS.htm Gilbert on The Old Album]
 
* [http://www.wheeldon.plus.com/rollei.htm Hunter's Rollei catalogue, 1961]
 
* [http://www.wheeldon.plus.com/rollei.htm Hunter's Rollei catalogue, 1961]
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** [http://www.historyworld.co.uk/advert.php?id=942&offset=0&sort=0&l1=Photography&l2= 1953 Gilbert advert]
 
** [http://www.historyworld.co.uk/advert.php?id=942&offset=0&sort=0&l1=Photography&l2= 1953 Gilbert advert]
 
** [http://www.historyworld.co.uk/advert.php?id=293&offset=0&sort=0&l1=Photography&l2= 1936 Purma Speed advert]
 
** [http://www.historyworld.co.uk/advert.php?id=293&offset=0&sort=0&l1=Photography&l2= 1936 Purma Speed advert]
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* [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/listeH_imagettes.php#Hunter Cameras] at www.collection-appareils.fr (in French)
  
 
[[Category: Distributors|Hunter, R. F.]]
 
[[Category: Distributors|Hunter, R. F.]]
 
[[Category: UK|Hunter, R. F.]]
 
[[Category: UK|Hunter, R. F.]]

Latest revision as of 06:32, 20 August 2021

R.F. Hunter Ltd. were an importing and distribution company based at 51 Gray's Inn Road, and previously at 40 Doughty St. in Central London, England - who included various cameras, cine films and slide strips in their products. They seemed to specialise in quite odd-ball cameras, such as the gravity-control shuttered Purma and the stainless-steel fronted Gilbert box camera with rotating viewfinder.

In the early 1930s, Hunter's distributed Celfix cine projectors and cameras and Hunter-rebadged Bingoscope cine projectors, and supplied films and film strips for these.

Hunter's also supplied Franka cameras and Rolleiflexes in the 1950s-60s.

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