Changes: Whitehouse Products

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Early Beacon, with B setting

Whitehouse Products Inc. was a camera manufacturer based in Brooklyn, New York, USA. It made simple Bakelite (and later other plastic) snapshot models, branded Beacon. Early Beacon models had collapsible lens panels; collapsing the panel disabled the shutter. Early models featured a B shutter setting, which was removed on later examples. The Beacon II and Two-Twenty-Five were fitted for mounting a flashgun.The later Reflex model was almost identical to the Ansco Cadet Reflex. The WH 127-A model was also sold by Argus as the Argus 127.

Cameras[]

Name	Dates	Film Format
Beacon	1940-49	16 3x4cm on 127
Beacon II	1947-55	16 3x4cm on 127
Beacon Two-Twenty-Five	1950-58	12 6x6cm on 620
Beacon Reflex	1960	12 4x4cm on 127
Beacon Automatic 705	?	12 28x28mm on 126
Beacon Autoflash WH 127-A	?	12 4x4 on 127

The Beacon, Beacon II & Two-Twenty-Five cameras were usually black, but were available in various different colours.

Links[]

At www.collection-appareils.fr by Sylvain Halgand

Charlie the Tuna by Flickr user Travis Gray
Photos taken with a Beacon by Marcy Merrill
Beacon II with Flash
Photo on Flickr by user midmophil
(another) Photo on Flickr by user midmophil
Photo of Argus version of WH127 by midmophil
Beacon two-twenty-five, plus photos taken with it by DeanW
Beacon Cameras at PBase.com
Autoflash 127-A on OneTwoSeven.org.uk
Automatic 705 on ClicClac.fr (French)
Whitehouse page at Collection G. Even's site

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+<tr><td colspan=2 valign=top>'''Whitehouse Products Inc.''' was a camera manufacturer based in Brooklyn, New York, USA. It made simple [[Bakelite]] (and later other plastic) snapshot models, branded '''Beacon'''. Early Beacon models had collapsible lens panels; collapsing the panel disabled the shutter. Early models featured a B shutter setting, which was removed on later examples. The Beacon II and Two-Twenty-Five were fitted for mounting a flashgun.The later Reflex model was almost identical to the [[Ansco Cadet Reflex]]. The WH 127-A model was also sold by [[Argus]] as the Argus 127.
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-<tr><td colspan=2 valign=top>'''Whitehouse Products Inc.''' was a camera manufacturer based in Brooklyn, New York, USA. It made simple [[Bakelite]] (and later other plastic) snapshot models, branded '''Beacon'''.  Early Beacon models had collapsible lens panels; collapsing the panel disabled the shutter. Early models featured a B shutter setting, which was removed on later examples. The Beacon II and Two-Twenty-Five were fitted for mounting a flashgun.
-The later Reflex model was almost identical to the [[Ansco Cadet Reflex]].
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 | Beacon Two-Twenty-Five
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-| 12 6x6 on [[620 film|620]]
+| 12 6x6cm on [[620 film|620]]
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 | Beacon Reflex
-| c1960
+| 1960
-| 12 4x4 on [[127 film|127]]
+| 12 4x4cm on [[127 film|127]]
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 | Beacon Automatic 705
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 | 12 4x4 on [[127 film|127]]
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 The Beacon, Beacon II & Two-Twenty-Five cameras were usually black, but were available in various different colours.
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 == Links ==
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 * [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/beacon_ii/beacon_ii.htm Beacon II manual] on [http://www.butkus.org/ Mike Butkus's site]
+* [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/flashes_meters/beacon_flash/beacon_flash.htm Beacon Flash manual] on [http://www.butkus.org/ Mike Butkus's site]
 * [http://regis.boissier.free.fr/fotofexcameras/fex%20&%20photax/ph%20beacon_ii%20beacon%20two%20twenty%20five%20whitehouse%20products.htm FOTOFEX Beacon page]
-* [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/whitehouse/html/beacon_reflex.php Beacon Reflex] at Sylvain Halgand's site
+*At [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/francais.php www.collection-appareils.fr] by Sylvain Halgand
+**  [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=12715 Whitehouse Products Beacon 127 ]
+**  [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=723 Whitehouse Products Beacon 225]
+**  [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=2301 Whitehouse Products Beacon 225]
+**  [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=1065 Whitehouse Products Beacon Flash Color]
+**  [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=433 Whitehouse Products Beacon I]
+**  [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=511 Whitehouse Products Beacon II]
+**  [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=459 Whitehouse Products Beacon reflex]
+* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/tgray/86443348/in/set-72057594048161113/ Charlie the Tuna] by Flickr user Travis Gray
 * [http://www.merrillphoto.com/BeaconCamera.htm Photos taken with a Beacon] by Marcy Merrill
 * [http://www.calpots.com/sp_exhibits/camera_exhibit/5_camera.html Beacon II with Flash]
-* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ricksoloway/2264875667/in/pool-camerapedia/ Beacon Two-Twenty-Five with flash on Flickr] by Rick Soloway
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 * [http://www.flickr.com/photos/46284343@N00/409141374/ Photo on Flickr] by user midmophil
 * [http://www.flickr.com/photos/midmophil/480264386/in/set-72157603897940780/ (another) Photo on Flickr] by user midmophil
+* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/midmophil/409141371/in/photostream/ Photo of Argus version of WH127] by midmophil
 * [http://home.rmci.net/deanw/Beacon_225.html Beacon two-twenty-five, plus photos taken with it] by DeanW
 * [http://www.pbase.com/cameras/whitehouse/beacon Beacon Cameras at PBase.com]
 * [http://www.onetwoseven.org.uk/cameras/whitehouse/ Autoflash 127-A] on [http://www.onetwoseven.org.uk/ OneTwoSeven.org.uk]
 * [http://clicclac.free.fr/unappareil.php?numero=1243 Automatic 705] on [http://clicclac.free.fr/ ClicClac.fr] (French)
+* [http://photo.even.free.fr/col_app_whitehouse.php Whitehouse page] at [http://photo.even.free.fr/ Collection G. Even's site]
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