Univex Mercury

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The 1938 Univex Mercury was an unusual half frame 35 mm camera from The Universal Camera Corporation.

It was the first camera with any kind of hot shoe connector,[http://rick_oleson.tripod.com/index-25.html "Univex Mercury: The American Way"] and had a distinctive profile due to a large dome protruding from the top of the main body to accommodate its 1/1000 sec rotary disc shutter.S. F. Spira with Eaton S. Lothrop, Jr and Jonathan R. Spira. The History of Photography as Seen Through the Spira Collection. New York, NY: Aperture, 2001 {{ISBN|0-89381-953-0}}. pp 154, 159-160. It used Universal #200 film, which was only made prior to WWII.{{Cite web |last=mike |date=2016-04-26 |title=Universal Univex Mercury Model CC (1938) |url=https://mikeeckman.com/2016/04/universal-univex-mercury-model-cc-1938/ |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=mike eckman dot com |language=en-US}}