Philips Box Flash
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Box Flash image by John Kratz (Image rights) |
The Box Flash is a Bakelite[1] box camera with a built-in flash reflector, made in the Netherlands by Philips. It was introduced in 1950. It takes 6x6cm frames on 620 film. The lens is coated. Its shutter has a fixed speed of 1/25 second (and 'B'), and the aperture is f/11.[2]
Notes
- ↑ The material is actually Philite, Philips' own thermoset resin material, used for making radio bodies, according to the Philips Box Flash page on Le Vieil Album
- ↑ Philips Box Flash on Sylvain Halgand's Collection Appareils
Links
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Original box & Dutch instructions image by OZBOX (Image rights) |