General Information

Serial #

2810734

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CAMEARA WITH GLASS LENS AND VIEWFINDER; SYNTHETIC BODY COVERING/ SYNTHETIC HAND GRIP

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

25.5 cm

Width

13.0 cm

Height

20.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Photography

Category

Still cameras

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

MAMIYA

Country

Japan

State/Province

Unknown

City

Tokyo

Context

Country

Worldwide

State/Province

Unknown

Period

PROBABLY USED IN THE 1960'S

Canada

PART OF A COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT FROM THE ESTATE OF WILFRED HAROLD OLSON, FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF DOMINION WIDE PHOTOGRAPHY LTD., OTTAWA (C 1950-1995). MR. OLSON WAS A PHOTOGRAPHER FOR MANY YEARS AND HIS STUDIO DID WORK FOR BOTH THE OTTAWA JOURNAL AND THE CBC.

Function

USED TO RECORD STILL IMAGES IN A TWO DIMENSIONAL FORMAT

Technical

HAS A COMBINED RANGE-VIEWFINDER WHICH ALLOWSUSER TO WORK AND SHOOT QUICKLY. VERSATILE AS USES ROLL, SHEET OR PACK FILM. HAS A TRIGGER RELEASE ON GRIP HANDLE FOR FAST SHOOTING.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PRINTED ON CAMERA: 'MAMIYA/ 281074/ MADE IN JAPAN'/ PRINTED ON LENS HOUSING: 'LENS MADE IN JAPAN/ SEIKOSHA-S/ [3 SCALES]'/ PRINTED ON VIEWFINDER: 'MAMIYA PRESS/ 65mm FINDER/ MADE IN JAPAN'/ PRINTED ON FILM ADAPTER: 'MAMIYA 6 X 9/ ROLL FILM ADAPTER/ MADE IN JAPAN/ ORTHO COLOR INFRARED EMP. PANCHRO H.S.PAN/ 6 X 45/ 6 X 6'/ DYMOTAPE ON ADAPTER: 'DOMINION WIDE PHOTOS 226 SPARKS'/ PRINTED AROUND LENS: 'MAMIYA - SEKOR F.C. 1:6.3 F=65mm No. 702280'

Missing

CARRYING STRAP MISSING

Finish

BODY GLOSS GREY PAINT WITH GREY SIMULATED LEATHER COVERING AROUND CENTRE AND ON ROLL FILM ADAPTER; 65MM FINDER BROWN GLOSS PAINT; HAND-GRIP BLACK WITH GREY STRAP

Decoration

DECORATIVE PANEL AROUND LENS HOUSING