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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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'''Standard Cameras Limited''' was a manufacturer based in Birmingham, England. The company 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|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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The cameras are very similar to (and have interchangeable parts with) some of the [[Coronet|Coronet products]]. The box cameras have folding covers on the viewfinders (which provided some shade when in use), just like the Coronets.  Standard and Coronet certainly had close links<REF>[http://www.ozcamera.com/coronet-box.html Coronet/Conway box cameras] at [http://www.ozcamera.com/index.html OZCamera.com]</REF>, and may have been the same company.
  
Standard Cameras Ltd. traded between 1931-1955<ref>from MadeInBirmingham.org</ref>.
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Standard Cameras traded between 1931 and 1955.
  
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=== Box Cameras ===
 
=== Box Cameras ===
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* Conway
 
* Conway
 
* Conway Camera - Colour-Filter Model
 
* Conway Camera - Colour-Filter Model
 
* Conway Camera - De Luxe Model
 
* Conway Camera - De Luxe Model
 
* Conway Camera - Popular Model
 
* Conway Camera - Popular Model
* Conway Camera - Synchronised Model
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* [[Conway synchronised|Conway Camera - Synchronised Model]]
 
* Conway Super Flash
 
* Conway Super Flash
 
* Coronet Conway
 
* Coronet Conway
* Kenilworth
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* [[Kenilworth]]
*  Vernak
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*  Vernak; the Colour-filter Conway, re-badged for the short-lived Vernak Film Company<ref>[http://www.woodandbrass.co.uk/detail.php?cat_num=0333 Vernak camera] at [http://www.woodandbrass.co.uk/index.php Wood and Brass]</ref>
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=== Stereo Cameras ===
 
=== Stereo Cameras ===
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* Robin Hood  
 
* Robin Hood  
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==Notes==
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<references />
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== Links ==
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* [https://jonathangazeley.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/coronet-conway-manual.pdf Conway instruction manual] on [http://www.jonathangazeley.com/ Jonathan's blog]
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* [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/listeS_imagettes.php#Standard Standard / Conway] on [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/francais.php www.collection-appareils.com] by Sylvain Halgand (in French)
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=== Links ===
 
* [http://www.madeinbirmingham.org/coronet.htm Coronet/Standard on MadeInBirmingham.org]
 
* [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/listeS_imagettes.php#Standard Standard / Conway] on [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/francais.php www.collection-appareils.com] by Sylvain Halgand
 
* [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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[[Category: Camera makers]]
 
[[Category: Camera makers]]
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[[Category: UK]]
 
[[Category: UK]]

Latest revision as of 23:16, 3 February 2022

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

The cameras are very similar to (and have interchangeable parts with) some of the Coronet products. The box cameras have folding covers on the viewfinders (which provided some shade when in use), just like the Coronets. Standard and Coronet certainly had close links[1], and may have been the same company.

Standard Cameras traded between 1931 and 1955.


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; the Colour-filter Conway, re-badged for the short-lived Vernak Film Company[2]

Stereo Cameras

  • Robin Hood


Notes

Links

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