Rollex 20, 1950
Scope and Contents
Folding 6x9 cm roll film camera; self-erecting front. (McKeown, p. 936)
Dates
- Creation: 1950
Creator
- Pho-Tak Corporation (Manufacturer, Organization)
Access
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Biographical / Historical
The USC Rollex 20 is a self-erecting folding camera for shooting 2¼" × 3¼" exposures on 120 film. Some versions are able to accept both 120 and 620 rollfilm variants[1]. It was made by the Chicagoan United States Camera Co. A version was sold as the Tower 50 by Sears.
It was a simple snapshot camera, with fixed focusing and a fixed aperture. The only choice that it offers is the one between time mode (B mode) and 1/50 sec. shutter speed. It has an optical viewfinder of reverse Galilean type, and a 86mm Octvar lens. Its specialties are that its closeable red window is not red but green, and its everset shutter has to be tripped with a lever that is integrated into the upper edge of the front door.
Extent
1 item (1 camera) : glass, metal ; 15.5 X 9 X 3.5 cm
Language of Materials
English
Repository Details
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