Talk:Mercury

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The Mercury cameras are really quite interesting, yet this page is hardly more than a stub. I would like to add a lot of text to this page, specifically the text found in my descriptions of the Mercury I & II, here and here. Would this be okay with everyone? Perhaps this could become a featured article?

Yes, please feel free to do so. I usually resist to use the Flickr text, but the authors themselves should not hesitate to use their texts in camerapedia too, perhaps nicely contextualized into already existing text.U. Kulick 13:27, 2 August 2010 (EDT)

Article rewritten. Camera dimensions are estimates, based on previously stated dimensions of the Mercury II. Cynthia Repinski states in her book that the Mercury II is a half-inch longer and taller than the Mercury I. However, my personal observations put it closer to a quarter-inch both ways. I will measure both cameras and update the dimensions if necessary. As always, feel free to edit the page to improve formatting, etc. I'm not good at it!
-John Kratz


Made in Belgium by Gevaert?

Really? This is a surprise if it's true, and I think it needs a cited source if we're going to say it: to begin with, the Mercury I in our picture has 'Made in USA' engraved in two places that you can see in the picture; and to follow, Gevaert didn't even make that many of their own cameras. --Dustin McAmera (talk) 16:06, 25 August 2013 (PDT)