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Micro Precision Products Ltd. | Monorail Camera. | 1965-82. | 5x4.

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    Posted 11 years ago

    ericevans2
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    Micro Precision Products Ltd. | Monorail Camera. | 1965-82. | 5x4.
    Commonly known as MPP, founded 1943 at 145, London Road, Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey, this British Camera Maker moved to 48, Lydden Road, Wandsworth, London around 1963, then trading as MPP Photographic Products Ltd., and ceased production around 1982. So this all-metal monorail camera, first introduced in 1965, for plates, cut-film or adaptable to roll-film, is well out of my time frame, but is definitely one of those "interesting" cameras, by a British Maker, that I like to include in my collection. The engineering is superb, but at 14.5 lbs (6.5kg.), the weight is apalling for anything but studio use, on a heavy stand, although some photographers, more interested in quality than sanity, have been known to use them outdoors. Like most cameras of this type, it is fully modular and has interchangeable components, enabling various formats up to 10x8 inch. I would hate to try carrying that version around. Serial numbers run from M1200 to M2033, representing a total output of only 833; plus or minus 50 per year, or about one per week. Mine is M1815, dating it to somewhere in the 1970s.

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    1. ericevans2 ericevans2, 11 years ago
      Thanks, Manikin!
    2. ericevans2 ericevans2, 11 years ago
      Thanks, mustangtony!
    3. rniederman rniederman, 11 years ago
      Quite a change from W&B ... but cool regardless. It somewhat looks like a Cambo view on steroids! - Rob
    4. ericevans2 ericevans2, 11 years ago
      Thanks, Rob! Coveted one of these all my life when they were state of the art, but never could afford one, they were very expensive when new. Some die hard photographers still use them as daily work horses, but digital rules, now.
    5. ericevans2 ericevans2, 11 years ago
      Thanks, SEAN68!
    6. ericevans2 ericevans2, 11 years ago
      Thanks, truckn20!

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