Daydark
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The Daydark Specialty Company was a camera maker in St Louis, Missouri, in the early 20th century.[1] The company made a small number of ferrotype (tintype) cameras. McKeown states that they made both amateur cameras and ones for street photographers.[2] The street camera is wooden-bodied with leather covering. It is able to use both tintype buttons and 6×9 cm direct-positive postcards pioneered by the Chicago Ferrotype Company for its Mandel-ette camera. Like most ferrotype cameras, it has a developing tank attached below the camera, and a changing bag. It has a Rochester Rapid Rectilinear lens, and a Blitzen Daydark shutter, with a connection for a pneumatic release. It has a Newton finder.
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). p242.
- ↑ Daydark ferrotype camera for both buttons and postcards, sold at the second/third Westlicht Photographica Auction, in May 2003.
