General Information

Serial #

56425

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

CAMERA: METAL WITH SYNTHETIC COVERING AROUND MIDDLE OF BODY; GLASS LENS/ CASE: LEATHER WITH METAL HARDWARE AND VELVET LINING

Dimensions

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

Length

15.0 cm

Width

10.5 cm

Height

11.5 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

PANON

Country

Japan

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Worldwide

State/Province

Unknown

Period

PROBABLY 1950'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 A 140 DEGREE PANORAMIC STILL IMAGE

Technical

EXAMPLE OF AN UNCOMMON TYPE OF CAMERA - PANORAMIC/ ENABLES THE PHOTOGRAPHER TO TAKE THE FULL SWEEP OF A PANORAMIC SCENE IN SHARPEST FOCUS ON REGULAR35MM FILM [REF2]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PRINTING ON CAMERA: 'WIDE/ ANGLE PANON CAMERA/ COVERING ANGLE 140 [DEGREES]/ R120 ROLL FILM / 1 3 5 7 9 11'/ MOLDED INSIDE BOTTOM: 'WIDE-ANGLE CAMErA/ 140 DEGREE VIEW/ PATENT JAPAN U.S.A./ GERMANY SWITZERLAND/ SWEDEN/ BODY NO. 56425 AIII/ PANON CAMERA CO. LTD./ MADE IN JAPAN'/ DYMOTAPE ON BACK OF CAMERA: 'DOMINION WIDE PHOTOS 226 SPARKS'/ PRINTING AROUND LENS: 'PANON CAMERA No 56097 PANON 1:2.8 f=50mm'/ 3 SCALES PRINTED ON LENS HOUSING/ PRINTED ON CASE: 'MADE IN JAPAN/ PANON CAMERA SHOKO CO. LTD./ PANON'

Missing

PART OF BODY COVER UNATTACHED AND MISSING/ BASE SCREW OF CASE MISSING

Finish

BRUSHED METAL TOP & BOTTOM; SIMULATED BLACK LEATHER BODY WITH GLOSSY BLACK PAINT TRIM/ BROWN CASE WITH PLUM COLOURED LINING

Decoration

N/A