Subminiature camera for 8mm wide film 6x6mm concealed in cigarette lighter', with original carton and instruction.
Camera Lite Camera, Model B, made by the Suzuki Optical Company in Japan in 1955.
An unusual combination of sub miniature cine camera and cigarette lighter, the Camera Lite took specially manufactured 8mm wide film in small magazines. In 1953 the Suzuki Optical Company’s Echo 8 sub miniature lighter/camera was featured in ‘Roman Holiday’ (Paramount Pictures). The film increased demand which Suzuki could not keep up with. As a result they brought out the Camera Lite as a cheaper, simpler version of the Echo 8.
Details
- Category:
- Photographic Technology
- Collection:
- Kodak Collection
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/7147
- type:
- sub miniature camera
- taxonomy:
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- information forms
- instructional materials
- furnishing and equipment
- container - receptacle
- tools and equipment
- equipment by process
- image making equipment
- camera (form)
- credit:
- The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford
