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The Coronet Camera Company was a British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 company most noted for its box camera
Box camera

The box camera is, with the exception of the pin hole camera, a camera in its simplest form. The classic box camera is shaped more or less like a box, hence the name....
s manufactured in the 1950s.

Coronet Camera Company was founded in Birmingham
Birmingham

Birmingham is a city status in the United Kingdom and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. Birmingham is the most populous of England's English Core Cities Group, and is the List of United Kingdom cities by population British city after London, with a population of 1,010,200 ....
, England
England

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, by F.W. Pettifer, in about 1926. In 1946, the company became Coronet Ltd.






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The Coronet Camera Company was a British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 company most noted for its box camera
Box camera

The box camera is, with the exception of the pin hole camera, a camera in its simplest form. The classic box camera is shaped more or less like a box, hence the name....
s manufactured in the 1950s.

Products


Notable products include:

  • The Coronet Ambassador - a box camera taking 6x9cm format pictures on 120 film
    120 film

    120 is a film format for still photography introduced by Kodak for their Brownie No. 2 in 1901. It was originally intended for amateur photography but was later superseded in this role by 135 film....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
Birmingham

Birmingham is a city status in the United Kingdom and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. Birmingham is the most populous of England's English Core Cities Group, and is the List of United Kingdom cities by population British city after London, with a population of 1,010,200 ....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
, 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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