General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

PLASTIC CAMERA WITH METAL KEYCHAIN

Dimensions

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

Length

10.0 cm

Width

4.5 cm

Height

9.8 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

Allied

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Scarborough

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

Unknown

Canada

Unknown

Function

NOVELTY CAMERA

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Label on front of camera: "MINI CAMERA"/ On back of camera: "FILM POSITION [illustration of film catridge]'/ On film housing: "MIRCO 110/ COIN BOX/ MICRO 110/ COIN CASE/ SET OK!"/ Following information appears on camera box, in both English and French: ‘NEW/ THE AMAZING "MINI-CAMERA"/ TAKES REGULAR SIZE PHOTOS, COLOUR OR BLACK & WHITE!', ‘IT'S A REUSABLE CAMERA!/ IT'S A KEYCHAIN!/ IT'S A COIN HOLDER!', ‘NO SPY SHOULD BE WITHOUT ONE!'; ‘CAM 001/ MINI CAMERA/ ACTUAL SIZE!' appears on box front, with illustrations of camera, example of photograph taken with product, and picture of woman holding camera./ ‘NEW AMAZING "MINI-/ CAMERA"/ THE IDEAL GIFT ......../ ANYTIME!/ IT'S ECONOMICAL!/ IT REALLY WORKS!/ USES REGULAR FILM/ SIZE 110 CARTRIDGE/ TYPE' on left side panel, French on right side./ ‘TAKING BEAUTIFUL PICTURES/ 1. LIFT UP VIEW FINDER/ 2. SUBJECT SHOULD BE IN THE CENTRE OF THE VIEW FINDER. DISTANCE BETWEEN EYE AND VIEW FINDER SHOULD BE APPROX. 5 CM./ 3. WIND DIAL BY INDEX FINGER./ 4. HOLD CAMERA STEADY WITH BOTH HANDS AND PRESS SHUTTER SWITCH ONCE./ 5. DISTANCE FROM THE SUBJECT SHOULD BE APPROX. 1.5M TO 3M./ 6. WIND DIAL TO ADVANCE FILM UNTIL IT STOPS FOR NEXT PICTURE, AFTER YOU PUSH SHUTTER SWITCH./ (DO NOT WIND DIAL COUNTER CLOCKWISE)/ Allied/ Imported by/ Allied Agencies/ 20 Casebridge Court, Scarborough, Ont., M1B 3M5/ Made in China' on box bottom./ ‘MINI-CAMERA SPECIFICATIONS/ TYPE OF FILM: 110 CARTRIDGE FILM ASA 100-400/ LENS: Fil f20mm/ SHUTTER: MECHANICAL SHUTTER 1/100 SEC./ FOCUS: FIXED FOCUS 1M-INFINITY/ LOADING & WINDING FILM/ 1. OPEN BACK DOOR AND REMOVE COIN CASE (Fig. 1)/ 2. PUT NEW FILM CARTRIDGE IN FIRMLY, AND LOCK/ BACK DOOR IN RIGHT POSITION. (Fig. 2)/ 3. WIND DIAL IN CLOCKWISE DIRECTION (Fig. 3)/ 4. ADVANCE FILM UNTIL EXPOSURE COUNTER READS "1"./ CAUTION: FILM MUST BE LOADED UPSIDE DOWN/ AS SHOW IN FIG. 2/ UNLOADING FILM/ 1. AFTER TAKING THE LAST PICTURE, WIND DIAL UNTIL FILM IS ROLLED UP (EXPOSURE COUNTER INDICATING X-X-X)/ 2. OPEN THE BACK COVER AND REMOVE THE FILM/ CARTRIDGE./ MADE IN CHINA./ A NOVEL WAY TO TAKE R[EAL PHO]TOGRAPHS/ IT'S A KEY CHAIN!/ IT'S A COIN HOLDER!'/ Diagrams and illustrations appear on box back. French text badly damaged.

Missing

COMPLETE

Finish

CAMERA IS BLACK WITH A YELLOW DISK ABOVE FILM WINDER AND A YELLOW & BLACK LABEL AROUND LENS.

Decoration

YELLOW & BLACK STRIPED STICKER AROUND LENS/ THE BOX PROVIDES INFORMATION, OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS, PICTURES, DIAGRAMS, ETC.