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Coronet 3D |
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Manufactured or assembled in United Kingdom from 1953 to (After) 1953.
Index of rarity in France: Rare (among non-specialized garage sales)
Inventory number: 739
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Chronology of cameras Coronet
Traduction de Daniel Clément.
This English camera dated 1953, made of plastic (except the back) is basic. It allows taking 4 pairs of photographs on film 127 or single photographs by occulting one of the two lenses, thanks to the serrated roller located close to the left lens (numbered 1).
It offers only one shutter speed, the 1/50. There is no focusing. Depth of field is from 9 feet (2,70m) to infinity.
It is necessary to cock the shutter by sliding the strip located between the two lenses in the direction of the arrow
Coronet Camera was founded in 1926 in Birmingham, UK by Frederik John Pettifer. In 1932, he moved the company to 308-310 Summer Lane in the Aston district. In 1933, the company was renamed Coronet Limited. The production was significant, with 300,000 simple lenses being ordered from Taylor Taylor & Hobson in 1935!
Alongside the production of low-end cameras, such as box and folding cameras, F.J. Pettifer also manufactured cameras using colored Bakelite, with the help of neighboring company Edwin Elliott, which molded cameras and lenses for Coronet. Many of the cameras produced were "gift objects" or sold by mail-order companies.
During World War II, Coronet's workshops were destroyed by German bombings. Coronet was acquired in 1946 by Dufay-Chromax Limited and stopped all production around 1967.
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