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Category
Collection
Object type
Maker
Place of origin
Date

Minute 16 camera

1949

Tynar subminiature camera

1950

Bolsey 8 cine and still camera

1956-1960

Colly subminiature rollfilm camera in ever-ready case.

1960

Ticka Pocket Watch Camera

1906-1908

Minox B sub miniature camera, c 1965

1960-1970

Ensign Midget Folding Bellows Camera, Model 22, 1934

1934

Coronet Midget camera

1935

Aiglon miniature camera

circa 1935

Lancaster's Patent Watch Camera

1892

Minor C Sub-miniature camera

Minor C Sub-miniature camera

Taron Chic camera. Half-frame camera for 35mm film (24x18mm); Taronar F.C lens F:30mm f/2.8 Serial No 135568; Taron - LX shutter preset; aperture setting only; built in meter; coaxial flash socket; accessory shoe.

Taron Chic camera

1961

Micro 16 subminiature camera. Metal box camera for 16mm film in cassettes. Manufactured by Wm. R. Whittaker Company, Los Angeles, USA. Metal box camera for 16mm film in cassettes; 3-aperture lens, fixed spped shutter; push-rod film windon; reflecting finder. Could fit inside a pack of Camel cigarettes.

Micro 16 subminiature camera

1946-1950

Kowa Ramera Model KTC-62 camera-radio. 16mm sub miniature camera built into transmitter radio. Red and cream plastic. Prominar lens F:23mm f/3.5, Serial No K12342; 3-speed shutter; direct vision finder. Coaxial flash socket. Medium wave radio, frequency range 565 Khz; volume control; earphone socket. serial No 38700.

Kowa Ramera model KTC-62 camera-radio

1959

Subminiature camera for 9.5mm film in cassettes. Compl;an lens F:15mm f/3.5. Shutter 2/5/10/20/50/100/200/500/1000/B/T. Orange and green sliding filters. Focusing down to 8". Film transport by push-pull movement of body. Direct vision optical brightline finder. Coaxial flash socket. No 90 093. In leather case.

Minox Subminiature Camera

Sub-miniature camera inscribed "The Merlin"

Sub-miniature Camera Inscribed "The Merlin"

Ensign 'Double-8' miniature folding camera with Ensar lens for 127 format roll film, c 1935.

Ensign 'Double-8' Miniature Folding Camera

1930-1940

Minolta 16E.E 16mm camera, Serial No. 109955; with 25mm. f2.8 Rokkor lens.

Minolta 16E.E 16mm Camera, c 1963

1962-1964

Japanese Minetta Novelty camera, c 1955.

Japanese Minetta Novelty Camera

1950-1960

Purma Special rigid camera for rollfilm No.127 giving 16 exposures 3 x 4 cm. Fitted with focal plane shutter with no speed settings.1/500sec. Lens is spring loaded. Fitted with a fixed focus Beck Anastigmat F.6.3 2 1/4". c.1939

Purma Special Camera

circa 1939

Ensign Ensignette miniature camera for No 128 rollfilm 1 1/2 x 2 1/4. Fitted with an Achromat Meniscus F.11 lens ina leaf scissor type of shutter, time and instantaneous. Fixed speed release with waist-level brilliant viewfinder. c.1909

Ensign Ensignette Miniature Camera and Case.

1904-1915

Coronet Cub camera, negative 3 x 4cm. Body of aluminium alloy covered in black leather. Lens panel spring loaded. Fitted with a fixed focus mensicus lens F.II with a 2 position shutter, inst and time, synchronised for flash. With direct vision viewfinder built into body. c.1950

Coronet Cub Camera

1950

Subminiature camera for 8mm wide film 6x6mm concealed in cigarette lighter', with original carton and instruction.

Camera Lite camera Model B

1955

Mamiya 16 subminiature camera No.2963674 for 16mm film in cassettes with Sekor F2.8 25mm lens. By Mamiya Camera Co. Tokyo 1965 with wrist strap and carrying case.

Mamiya 16 subminiature camera

1965

Stylophot luxe camera. Subminiature camera for 16mm film in cassettes, 10 x 10mm. Fitted with a coated Roussel Paris anastigmat lens F:27mm f/3.5-16 single speed shutter 1/75 sec. With direct vision optical viewfinder with red windon warning. Front cell focusing. Sliding film transport double exposure prevention. Coaxial flash socket. Rotary exposure counter and fountain pen clip for pocket.

Stylophot Luxe Camera c 1963

1956-1972

Voigtlander Vitoret 110 camera No. 6907702 for 110 cartridge film with 24mm. f5.6 lanthar lens, c. 1977.

Voigtlander Vitoret 110 Camera, c 1977

1972-1982

The Ticka watch camera in the shape of a pocket watch. Takes 25 pictures. With two speeds shutter instantaneous and time, and the lens is achromatic. George Houghton and Sons, c.1905

The Ticka watch camera in the shape of a pocket watch. Takes 25 pictures

circa 1905

Minolta 16QT 16mm camera, Serial No. 108762; with 23mm f3.5 Rokkor lens and Minolta MG-5 cube-gun, c 1973.

Minolta 16QT 16mm Camera, c 1973

1968-1978

Minolta-16 model P 16mm camera Serial No. 995519; with 25mm f3.5 Rokkor lens, c 1963.

Minolta-16 Model P 16mm Camera, c 1963

1958-1968

Presto Camera by E.B. Koopman, New York, U.S.A., c.1899. Takes 4 pictures 18 x 18mm. Fitted with a meniscus lens with rotating wheel stop disc, Single speed shutter.

Presto Pocket Miniature Camera

1899

Disguised monocular camera by W Watson & Sons Ltd, 313 High Holborn, London, W.C., c. 1908. Fitted with Cooke lens F.4.5 and diaphragm. Shutter speeds 1/25 to 1/75. Optical viewfinder fitted to eyepiece. Clip on direct vision finder attached. .

Watson's Sportsman Detective Camera, Monocular Form

1908

The Silver Ticka pocket watch outfit. Fitted with an Achromatic lens. Outer case of metal. Houghton. c.1908

The Silver Ticka pocket watch outfit

1908

Ensign Midget camera, silver presentation model, in special gift box, c 1936.

Silver presentation Ensign Midget camera

1931-1941

No 2 Ensignette de Luxe collapsible bellows camera for rollfilm 2 x 3, with a leathrette pouch. Fitted with an Ensign Anastigmat F.6.3 3.2" lens in a 3 speed shutter. With brilliant waist-level viewfinder. Sheet brass body and nickel plated arms. Houghton c.1912

No 2 Ensignette De Luxe, c 1912

1904-1915

Ensignette de Luxe collapsible bellows camera for rollfilm No.129 2 x 3", in case. Fitted with a Taylor & Hobson Cooke Anastigmat F.6 3 3 1/4 f.1 lens and an everset 3-speed shutter. With brilliant optical waist-level viewfinder in front lens panel. With nickel plated fittings. Houghton, c1920

Ensignette de Luxe collapsible bellows camera, c 1920

1915-1925

Ensign Multex, rigid camera for 16 exposures 3 x 4cm on a 127 film 1 5/8" x 2 1/4". Fitted wuth a Ross Xpres F.2.9 53mm f.1 lens mounted in a focal plane shutter with speeds 1sec - 1/1000 B. & T. Parallax corrected viewfinder built into the top. c.1930

Ensign Multex, c 1930

1925-1935

FOTH DERBY collapsible bellows camera using No.127 film giving 16 exposures. Lens panel supported by struts. Fitted with a Foth Anastigmat lens F.3.5 50mm in a helical focusing mount. Focus range 1metre. Focal plane shutter with speeds 1/25 -1/500and B. With an optical direct vision viewfinder fitted to body, Made of aluminium alloy covered in black leather. c.1931

FOTH DERBY Collapsible Bellows Camera

1931

Coronet Vogue camera for rollfilm V35 negative 1 1/4 x 2". Self erecting folding bellows camera made of plastic for special film. Drop-front, spring loaded. Lens is a fixed focus meniscus in a 2 position shutter, inst. and time. Direct vision viewfinder built into body.

Coronet Vogue Camera

1936

Kodak Bantum collapsible camera for rollfilm No.828 negative size 3 x 4cm. Fitted wuth a Kodak Anastigmat Special lens F.4.5 48mm with front cell focusing mounted in a 3 speed shutter, everset Kodak. With optical eye-level viewfinder attached to body. All metal construction covered in black leather. Eastman Kodak c.1936

Kodak Bantum Collapsible Camera for Rollfilm No.828

circa 1936

Kodak Istamatic miniature camera for No.126, negatives 28 x 28mm. Fitted with a meniscus lens and one speed shutter of approx 1/60 and built in flash gun. Kodak Limited, c.1968.

Kodak Istamatic miniature camera for No.126

1968

Ensignette. Houghtons Limited, 1910.

Ensignette, 1910

1910

Ensignette. Houghton Limited, 1920

Ensignette, 1920

1920