Believed to date from either late 1962 or early
1963
(the Paterson 300 projector,
see 3rd illustration down, was available from summer 1962) |
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Paterson
2 x 2 Pocket Viewer |
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2 x 2 Pocket Viewer is believed to date to post-1965
(due to it being distributed by Johnsons of Hendon).
The earlier available 6 x 6
Pocket Viewer, constructed similarly but intended for 120 size
roll film 6 x 6cm transparancies, can be seen (above)
in the 1963 advertisement leaflet and alongside in an October
1959 R.F.Hunter advert within Amateur Photographer magazine.
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The viewer, collapsed
and stored within its two part plastic container.
Purchased for 49p in April 2014
from a local charity shop. |
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The collapsed viewer,
revealed after separating the two halves of the plastic container |
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The viewer extended
for use, showing the eye-piece lens.
Notice that this smaller viewer has only 3 sections,
while the earlier, larger viewer for 6 x 6cm transparencies
(see 1963 leaflet above), had 4 sections. |
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Showing the matt transulent
opal perspex 'lighting' screen.
The instructions explain that the inner surface of the screen
and lens can be cleaned by opening the viewer fully. Then squeezing
the top and bottom surfaces of the end section (as if to close
it) but slightly harder, while pulling on the section. It then
becomes free of the other part, enabling the internals to be
cleaned. Replacement is a reversal of this procedure. |
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This page last updated:
7th July 2014 |
