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Univex Mercury

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The 1938 Univex Mercury was an unusual half frame 35 mm camera from The Universal Camera Corporation.

It was the first camera with any kind of hot shoe connector,[1] and had a distinctive profile due to a large dome protruding out the top of the main body to accommodate its 1/1000 sec rotary disc shutter.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Univex Mercury: The American Way"
  2. ^ S. F. Spira with Eaton S. Lothrop, Jr and Jonathan R. Spira. The History of Photography as Seen Through the Spira Collection. New York, NY: Aperture, 2001 ISBN 0-89381-953-0. pp 154, 159-160.