Summary
Purma Special camera with F-6.3 2 1/4 lens and designed to take 127 film, manufactured by Purma Cameras Ltd. This camera was the first to use plastic optical parts and has a perspex lens in the view finder.
This object is part of the Kodak collection of products, promotional materials, photographs and working life artefacts collected from Kodak Australasia in 2005, when the Melbourne manufacturing plant at Coburg closed down.
Physical Description
Black, bakelite camera with fixed lens.
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd, Ms. Kate Metcalf - Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd, 2005
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Acknowledgement
Courtesy of Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd.
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Inscriptions
Inscribed on the front: 'MADE IN ENGLAND / PURMA SPECIAL' Inscribed, around the lens: 'BECK ANASTIGMAT F-6.3 2 1/4'
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Overall Dimensions
152 mm (Width), 74 mm (Height)
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