MARUSO TOP


(1965) A bar-type camera with a fixed-focus 25mm (f8.0) lens.  It bore a superficial resemblence to the Minolta 16, but it only had two shutter speeds -- B and 1/50.  Two versions were made, one with a standard eye-level viewfinder, and the other (more unusual) with a combination eye-level viewfinder/reflex finder.  Most models came with a grey-chrome exterior, but a black version was also available.  The Maruso Top is often confused with the 1948 Top camera from the Top Camera Company which took 20x20mm images.

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