The old camera

The old camera which I found back home at Christmas is now in my flat - just need to find a good spot to display it.

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ILFORD Sporti, 1959

The Ilford Sporti camera range was contemporary to the Sportsman, though first appearing somewhat later than the first Sportsman in 1957, perhaps 1959. It was made by Dacora, in Germany and used the still very popular, at that time, roll film format. It was aimed at the junior, more inexperienced, or just plain 'snapshot' photographer.

The first to appear was the Sporti, as above. Despite being styled to look like a 35mm camera, it took 12 pictures on 120 size roll-film. Focussing settings were marked for close-ups, groups and views, with an exposure control marked for cloudy and sunny lighting conditions. It was synchronised for flash. Fitted with an accessory shoe and optical viewfinder within the top plate, being "a pressing finished in aluminium enamel which resembles satin finish chrome".