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| + | The '''Stereo Puck''' is a [[stereo]] box camera made by [[Thornton-Pickard]] in about 1930 (McKeown dates the camera to about 1932, and the text of the advertisement below supports this, while ''Welt der Stereoskopie'' gives 1925).<ref>{{McKeown12}} p919.</ref><ref name=WdS>[http://www.stereoskopie.com/Stereokameras/Stereokameras_vor_1945/Stereo_Puck/body_stereo_puck.html Puck Stereo] at [http://www.stereoskopie.com Welt der Stereoskopie]; text in German. </ref> The camera takes eight 40x55 mm stereo pairs on [[120]] rollfilm. It is wooden bodied, with leatherette covering, and with enameled and plated metal fittings. It has a pair of fixed-focus four-inch f/12.5 [[achromatic lens|achromats]], and a spring-powered single-speed 'I' (about 1/50 second<ref name=WdS/> and 'B' sector [[shutter]]. ''Welt der Stereoskopie'' states that a version was made with swing-in auxiliary lenses, to focus at 3-10 feet (1-3 metre).<ref name=WdS/> There is a [[brilliant finder]] on top and a [[red window]] in the back. The camera was supplied together with a stereo viewer. | ||
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The Stereo Puck is a stereo box camera made by Thornton-Pickard in about 1930 (McKeown dates the camera to about 1932, and the text of the advertisement below supports this, while Welt der Stereoskopie gives 1925).[1][2] The camera takes eight 40x55 mm stereo pairs on 120 rollfilm. It is wooden bodied, with leatherette covering, and with enameled and plated metal fittings. It has a pair of fixed-focus four-inch f/12.5 achromats, and a spring-powered single-speed 'I' (about 1/50 second[2] and 'B' sector shutter. Welt der Stereoskopie states that a version was made with swing-in auxiliary lenses, to focus at 3-10 feet (1-3 metre).[2] There is a brilliant finder on top and a red window in the back. The camera was supplied together with a stereo viewer.
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| T-P advertisement in the BJP Almanac for 1932. scanned by Nesster (Image rights) |
Notes
- ↑ McKeown, James M. and Joan C. McKeown's Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras, 12th Edition, 2005-2006. USA, Centennial Photo Service, 2004. ISBN 0-931838-40-1 (hardcover). ISBN 0-931838-41-X (softcover). p919.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Puck Stereo at Welt der Stereoskopie; text in German.
