Expo watch camera
Expo watch camera. T?I shutter, not self capping - lens cap used. Fitted with a simple lens of fixed aperture and focus. Automatic exposure counter. Manufactured by Expo Camera Co., New York. Identical to Ticka camera. Overall: 24 mm x 58 mm (dia.).
A very popular metal miniature camera in the form of a pocket watch. It was designed to use roll film, 17.5mm wide, contained in a special cardboard drop-in cartridge. The lens, carried in the winding stem, had to be covered by a screw-on cap between exposures. No viewfinder was fitted but a clip-on finder was available as an optional extra.
The Ticka camera was introduced in 1905 and offered for sale until approximately 1914. The camera was a licensed copy of the Expo Watch camera, made by the Expo Camera Company in the United States.
Details
- Category:
- Photographic Technology
- Collection:
- Kodak Collection
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/2058
- Materials:
- glass and white metal (unknown)
- Measurements:
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overall: 24 mm, 58 mm,
- type:
- detective camera
- credit:
- The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford
