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Hubby found this great 35mm half frame camera from the late 30s/ early 40s. It has a very unusual rotating shutter, which makes it look like a Dimetrodon with it's sail on it's back. Also the frame is actually slightly wider than a true half frame, only 11 of the 12 frames from my longest pano fit in my 6 standard frame film holder for the scanner. But the strangest thing with the Mercury I is that Univex didn't design it to use the standard 135 cassette. They made their own 35mm roll film, sprockets and all. Well you can't get that any more, nor can you cut down some other backing paper, sprockets. So I just used some bulk film and loaded and unloaded it in a darkroom.
Yeah, Univex...those shmucks! They wanted to make a killing by having their own proprietary film size so none of their cameras will take regular film. It's a shame...
@alburnkat - It's a cool looking camera for sure, looks a lot like an old Leica with that big peacock fan thing on top. Is the look of these shots due to the film or leaks in the camera? The hazy glow is really cool in all these photos. @clickiemcpete - Kodak did a lot worse. They invented like 6-10 film sizes to fit their needs, all different, so people would have to buy each of their films. Back in these days there wasn't really any standards so I think the people like these guys and Kodak just ran rampant. Which is why we have so many great cameras out there that don't work without hacking film for them.
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