Coronet Camera Company

Coronet Camera Company

The Coronet Camera Company was a British company most noted for its box cameras manufactured in the 1950s.

Products

A Coronet Twelve-20 box camera

Notable products include:

  • The Coronet Ambassador - a box camera taking 6x9cm format pictures on 120 film
  • The Coronet Flashmaster - a conventional 120 film camera with flash synchronization, taking 6x6cm format pictures
  • The Coronet Cadet - a similar camera to the Flashmaster, without flash synchronization
  • The Coronet Twelve-20 - a box camera taking 6x6cm format pictures on 120 film and 620 film

In the main, Coronet produced budget cameras. They remain common and can be cheaply obtained on the second hand market.

Company history

The Coronet Camera Company was founded in Birmingham, England, by F.W. Pettifer, in about 1926. In 1946, the company became Coronet Ltd. The company continued to produce cameras until 1967.

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