Every now and then a camera comes along that is truly horrid! Enter stage right, I present the English made Coronet 4-4 mark II, undoubtably the vilest camera I have ever smelt. These things have a disgusting plastic smell of their very own, an early polymer probably leaching oestrogen into the environment at a rate that would make it inadvisable to keep one in your pocket! Equaled, indeed surpassed, only by the plastic case it comes with. Hmmm, truly revolting - I love it! A date for it has yet to be established, as no one is yet prepared to admit to ever owning one, and they are conspicuous by their absence in any camera guide I have ever seen. So if you had one from new - let me know. You can contact me in the Foyer at the desk. The Coronet Camera Co. operated out of Birmingham and concentrated upon the premium market, they are probably best known for their coloured Coronet Midget range of cameras that have, inexplicably, become spectacularly collectable.
Body No. I think not.
Shutter, Simple rotary blade affair, released by nasty plastic
trigger.
Lens, Very nearly transparent.
