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''There was also a [[Erac Merlin|Merlin]] pistol-shaped Bakelite camera.'' |
''There was also a [[Erac Merlin|Merlin]] pistol-shaped Bakelite camera.'' |
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| − | The '''Merlin''' was a cast metal [[subminiature]] camera using special 20mm roll film. A roll of film |
+ | The '''Merlin''' was a cast metal [[subminiature]] camera using special 20mm roll film. A roll of film yielded twenty 18x18mm frames. It was made by [[United Optical Instruments]] of Southend-on-Sea, England - possibly in the late 1930s. It had a single-speed shutter and a fixed-focus f/16 lens. |
The body featured a flip-up frame viewfinder, and was finished in a crackle-effect paint, available in red, blue, green and black. |
The body featured a flip-up frame viewfinder, and was finished in a crackle-effect paint, available in red, blue, green and black. |
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| − | The Merlin was used as the innards of the [[ERAC Mercury]] pistol camera. |
+ | The Merlin was used (without the frame finder) as the innards of the [[ERAC Mercury]] pistol camera. |
=== Links === |
=== Links === |
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| − | * [http://www.submin.com/large/collection/merlin/introduction.htm |
+ | * [http://www.submin.com/large/collection/merlin/introduction.htm Merlin] at submin.com |
* [http://www.subclub.org/shop/merlin.htm Merlin] at subclub.org |
* [http://www.subclub.org/shop/merlin.htm Merlin] at subclub.org |
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| + | * [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=2067 United Optical Instruments Merlin] |
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[[Category: M]] |
[[Category: M]] |
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[[Category: Subminiature]] |
[[Category: Subminiature]] |
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Latest revision as of 21:15, 2 April 2012
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There was also a Merlin pistol-shaped Bakelite camera.
The Merlin was a cast metal subminiature camera using special 20mm roll film. A roll of film yielded twenty 18x18mm frames. It was made by United Optical Instruments of Southend-on-Sea, England - possibly in the late 1930s. It had a single-speed shutter and a fixed-focus f/16 lens. The body featured a flip-up frame viewfinder, and was finished in a crackle-effect paint, available in red, blue, green and black.
The Merlin was used (without the frame finder) as the innards of the ERAC Mercury pistol camera.
Links[]
- Merlin at submin.com
- Merlin at subclub.org
- United Optical Instruments Merlin