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|image_text= Synchronised Model<br>Metal body on plastic/metal frame.<br>Note viewfinder covers and<br>popper-fixed back.<br>Very like the [[Coronet]] Ambassador & Captain
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|image_text= Colour Filter Model<br>Cardboard body on metal frame.<br>Note viewfinder covers.
 
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</td><td valign=top>'''Standard Cameras Ltd.''' were a manufacturer based in Birmingham, England. They made a cheap camera range branded '''Conway'''. Most (if not all?) of these Conway Cameras took 6x9cm images on 120 film.
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The cameras were very similar to (and had interchangeable parts with) some of the [[Coronet|Coronet products]]; the box cameras having unusual covers on the viewfinders (which provided some shade when in use) just like the Coronets.  Standard certainly had close links, and may have been the same company (see link to [http://www.madeinbirmingham.org/coronet.htm MadeInBirmingham.org]).
 
 
 
Standard Cameras Ltd. traded between 1931-1955<ref>from MadeInBirmingham.org</ref>.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
=== Box Cameras ===
 
 
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'''Standard Cameras Ltd.''' were a manufacturer based in Birmingham, England. They made a cheap camera range branded '''Conway'''. Most (if not all?) of these Conway Cameras took 6x9cm images on 120 film.
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The cameras were very similar to (and had interchangeable parts with) some of the [[Coronet|Coronet products]]; the box cameras having unusual covers on the viewfinders (which provided some shade when in use) just like the Coronets.  Standard certainly had close links, and may have been the same company (see link to [http://www.madeinbirmingham.org/coronet.htm MadeInBirmingham.org]).
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Standard Cameras Ltd. traded between 1931-1955<ref>from MadeInBirmingham.org</ref>.
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=== Box Cameras ===
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* Conway
 
* Conway
 
* Conway Camera - Colour-Filter Model
 
* Conway Camera - Colour-Filter Model
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=== Stereo Cameras ===
 
=== Stereo Cameras ===
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* Robin Hood
 
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|image_text= Robin Hood
 
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===Notes and References===
 
===Notes and References===
 
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* [http://blog.jonathangazeley.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Coronet-Conway-manual.pdf Conway instruction manual] on [http://blog.jonathangazeley.com/ Jonathan's blog]
 
* [http://blog.jonathangazeley.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Coronet-Conway-manual.pdf Conway instruction manual] on [http://blog.jonathangazeley.com/ Jonathan's blog]
  
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Revision as of 19:56, 10 July 2011

Standard Cameras Ltd. were a manufacturer based in Birmingham, England. They made a cheap camera range branded Conway. Most (if not all?) of these Conway Cameras took 6x9cm images on 120 film.

The cameras were very similar to (and had interchangeable parts with) some of the Coronet products; the box cameras having unusual covers on the viewfinders (which provided some shade when in use) just like the Coronets. Standard certainly had close links, and may have been the same company (see link to MadeInBirmingham.org).

Standard Cameras Ltd. traded between 1931-1955[1].


Box Cameras

  • Conway
  • Conway Camera - Colour-Filter Model
  • Conway Camera - De Luxe Model
  • Conway Camera - Popular Model
  • Conway Camera - Synchronised Model
  • Conway Super Flash
  • Coronet Conway
  • Kenilworth
  • Vernak

Stereo Cameras

  • Robin Hood


Notes and References

  1. from MadeInBirmingham.org

Links

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