Winpro
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The Winpro camera was made by Webster Industries Inc. of Rochester N.Y. It is a grey Tenite plastic-bodied basic 35mm camera with a fixed-focus 40mm Crystar lens in a single speed shutter plus T. On the base of the camera is the wind knob, film counter and rewind knob. It is marked "Made in USA" and sold for $10.95 in 1947. A model with flash sync was introduced in 1948 and sold for $12.95. Later designs had an adjustable aperture.
A history of the Webster Company is published in "Glass, Brass & Chrome".[1]
Notes
- ↑ Lahue, Kalton C. and Bailey, Joseph A. Glass, Brass, & Chrome: the American 35mm Miniature Camera. University of Oklahoma Press, 2001. ISBN 978-0806134345 p.295-297
