User manual for the Conway Synchronised box camera
Whenever I buy old or hard-to-find things from the Internet I often like to look at the user manuals first. But it can often be hard to find them, and I’m grateful when other people take the time to scan or type out their product literature.
I recently bought a Conway box camera, dating back to the late 1950s. It came with a user manual, so it’s the least I can do to scan and reproduce it here. Hopefully it will be useful to somebody.
I’ve also linked the manual on camerapedia.org – a great resource for finding out about vintage cameras.
Coronet Conway manual
Hi, just wanted to say thanks for scanning in this manual! I picked up a conway synchronised box camera in a charity shop in Gravesend for £1.50, as I love retro things, and had no idea whether it was in working order or not. Now I’m going to try and source some film for it and give it a test run!
Hi Hannah, congratulations on finding yourself such a bargain! You’ll need 120 film for your Conway, and the cheapest place I’ve found is MailshotsUK. Have fun!
Hannah,
Thank you so much for this manual.
I came across this Comway camera, good British engineering I suppose.
It belonged to my father, he bought it around 1957.
I want to get it to function again.
Regards,
Peter.
Arnhem, Holland.