Manufactured in 1948 by the Universal (UniveX) Camera Corporation. Manufacturing cameras sucssfully to the masses in the 1930s and 1940s, the Universal Camera Corp. story was the �Enron� of it�s day (see link below). The Roamer I is a folding camera for 8 exposures on 620 film. It has a coated f11 lens and a single-speed shutter.
A basic, non-descript camera. So what make it interesting? How about famous! The Universal Roamer I is the camera used to make the famous McMinnville photos. You may not recognize the name, but you would the UFO photos. (See here and here) Joel Carpenter has added a full analysis of the photos from the aspect of does the photographer�s story line up with the images, adding to the work already done by Dr. Bruce Maccabee on the subject.
See also: www.nicap.org/trentphoto.htm and www.debunker.com/trent.html
For the corporate story, see: www.univexcamera.com
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