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Omega 120

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Simmon Brothers, Inc.
NATIONALITY: American
PLACE MANUFACTURED: USA, NY
INTRODUCTION DATE: ca. 1954
PATENT DATE: ca. 1954
FILM TYPE: 120 rollfilm
IMAGE SIZE: 2¼ x 2-3/4in.
FUNCTIONAL TYPES:
  press
  rollfilm
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS: Omicron f3.5/90mm lens. Sync shutter 1-400

NOTES:
  "A professional rollfilm press camera for 9 exposures 2¼x2 3/4" on 120
  film. Omicron f3.5/90mm lens. Sync shutter 1-400. Coupled range-
  finder. $250-350." (McKeown: 398)
  in Mees Gallery

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: S5920.00001

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: McKeown, Jim & McKeown, Joan. --Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras: 1997/1998.-- Grantsburg, WI: Centennial Photo, 1996. pp 398.//

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Omega 120

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