Webster: Winpro 35

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The Winpro 35 is claimed to be the first plastic injection-molded thirty-five millimeter camera. The cameras were introduced in 1948 and were made in either gray or black Tenite (Tenite was invented by Kodak in 1929 and is regarded as the first modern thermo-plastic) and proved to be quite rugged. The body molds were made for the Winpro by General Electric, another pioneer in synthetic materials. As a publicity stunt, Winpro cameras were dropped from tall buildings and survived intact and in working order. None of their competitors, which included Argus, Kodak and Ansco dared attempt such a feat. At $10.95, the camera proved to be very popular with buyers, and over 150,000 were sold in less than two years, a remarkable record for such a small camera manufacturing player. On the plate surrounding the lens you will find “Webster Industries Ink. Rochester, N.Y.”. The camera has three aperture stings of 8mm, 11mm, and 16mm. It also has two shutter settings of “I “(instant) and “T “(Time). The single shutter speed seems to 1/30 of a second.