Snapette
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The Snapette is a viewfinder camera for square exposures on 120 film; a copy of the Bilora Bella. It was probably made by Ace Camera Equipments in Mumbai, India, in around 1969:[1]
In the cited advertisement for the camera, its lens can be made out to be a Smitar wide angle 60mm. An advertisement for the Ace Sure-Flex describes its 75mm Smitar as a 'double meniscus' (presumably a periscopic arrangement; two meniscus lenses arranged symmetrically), made by the American Optical Co., part of Ansco. The shutter is synchronised for flash (bulbs), and the there is a cold shoe on top of the camera.
No actual examples of the Snapette have been seen.
Notes
- ↑ The camera was advertised in the Illustrated Weekly of India, Vol.90, No.26 (29 June 1969), p16 archived at Internet Archive. The advertisement does not state clearly that the camera was made by Ace Camera (rather than being a rebadged import), but Ace's other known cameras (the Sure-Flex and the Ajoy 127) were apparently made by themselves, not imported.
