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    Posted 8 years ago

    SpiritBear
    (813 items)

    Here is a neat little 50 mm camera that is circa 1940, from what I've read, and comes with its original box and manual-- always a great thing.

    It's mostly plastic and quite simple, and it came from Leecrest of Chicago.
    It's the Candid Camera, which amuses me as Candid means Blunt (I think that they were thinking 'Straightforward' for it).

    As another note of interest, it only took 16 pictures per roll of film.

    Anyone know if this is a common camera or not?

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    1. JohnKratz JohnKratz, 8 years ago
      Cameras of this type are quite common and most have little value, although the Leecrest itself is not one of the more common names. The Leecrest was distributed by Lee Industries (which sold several kinds of inexpensive items), but was almost certainly not actually made by Lee. The body style of the Leecrest is identical to the "Champion" and "President" cameras sold by "The Camera Man", also out of Chicago.
      Here is a good page which tells all about these types of "candid" cameras:
      http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/The_Chicago_Cluster
      Very nice that you have the box!
    2. SpiritBear, 8 years ago
      Thank you so much. :)
    3. SEAN68 SEAN68, 8 years ago
      This is a cute little camera!!
    4. SpiritBear, 8 years ago
      Thanks, Sean.
    5. Windwalker, 8 years ago
      Nice............
    6. SpiritBear, 8 years ago
      Thank you. I dismantled it and repaired a damaged spring in the shutter, and I then gave it a total clean. It looks great now.

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