Camera, Sportshot Senior Twenty, Sydney, 1950
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
circa 1950
Sportshot Senior Twenty Camera, manufactured by Australasian Camera Manufacturers Australia (ACMA), circa 1950. The camera is made from Bakelite. It is fitted with a Lentar f/3.5 meniscus lens and takes 6cm x 9cm images on 120/620 film. It has an uncommon trapezoid shape and art deco inspired features. ACMA was in operation for a very short time from 1948 to the mid 1950s.
The Sportshot Senior Twenty was probably the only model produced by the company. Black Bakelite camera, trapezoid shaped with chrome film winder button and view finder on top.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 4
- Catalogue references
- 0
Counts describe this entry’s documentation, not authenticity, rarity or completeness. Photographs may show one specimen; check each caption and licence.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- Bakelite
- Dimensions
- Overall Dimensions: 160 mm (Width), 85 mm (Depth), 120 mm (Height)
Technical characteristics
- Maker recorded
- Australian Manufacturing Co
- Place recorded
- Australia
Design
- Marks and inscriptions
- Lens plate: 'Sport Shot / SENIOR TWENTY'.
Identification
- Source note
- Transcribed from the Museums Victoria, Melbourne collection record for this single object (sentences kept verbatim apart from removed sale or rarity wording); how far it represents a wider collectible type has not been independently verified.
- Candidate id
- mv-370717
- Museum object name
- Camera - Australasian Camera Manufacturers Australia (ACMA), 'Sportshot Senior Twenty', Sydney, circa 1950
- Holding institution
- Museums Victoria, Melbourne
- Museum object number
- ST 33267
- Published references
- "Sportshot Senior Twenty", on Historic Camera - History Librarium wesite, http://historiccamera.com/cgi-bin/librarium2/pm.cgi?action=app_display&app=datasheet&app_id=2528, viewed 6/9/2017.
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: confirm the wider type, maker and dating against a specialist reference; this entry documents one recorded example.