The Univex Model A was a small plastic camera made in New York by Universal, introduced in 1933. It has a wire-frame finder with the rear sight moulded onto the body and the front frame folding onto the lens barrel.

Original cost was only $0.39, and it used Universal's no.00 roll film at $0.10 per roll - leading it to sell over three million in three years^[1].

A similar camera, but with a small viewfinder - folding front and rear, is the Norton - introduced in 1934 by Norton Labs, who were later taken over by Universal, and the Norton sold as the Norton-Univex.

Universal also produced a simple stereo camera by mounting two Model A's together, called the Duovex

Links, sources Edit

• Univex cameras on submin.com
• Model A instructions on submin.com
• Duovex photo on Classic-Camera.com
• Univex A on www.collection-appareils.fr by Sylvain Halgand

1. ↑ McKeown