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Ansco Anscoflex II (1954)

Ansco Anscoflex II (1954)

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This is an Anscoflex II, a twin lens box camera made by Ansco of Binghamton, New York between the years 1954 and 1958.  The Anscoflex II is a more advanced version of the original Anscoflex which was introduced a few months earlier.  The only difference is the addition of two…

November 15, 2022 November 15, 2022 Photography / Reviews  620 / ANSCO / USA
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A Look Back at the Prices of Film

A Look Back at the Prices of Film

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It seems like every few months, another press release is made by Kodak or Fuji with bad news about some film stock that is being discontinued and others that are getting price increases.  These announcements inevitably launch a buying frenzy of still available films that quickly deplete available inventories at…

November 4, 2021 April 2, 2022 Articles / Photography  120 / 127 / 35mm / ANSCO / Kodak
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ANSCO Color Clipper (1958)

ANSCO Color Clipper (1958)

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This is an ANSCO Color Clipper, a rigid bodied scale focus camera that shoots 6cm x 6cm images on 120 format roll film.  The Color Clipper was part of ANSCO’s Clipper line which first went into production in the mid 1930s.  Like all Clippers that came before it, the Color…

October 6, 2020 October 6, 2020 Photography / Reviews  120 / ANSCO / USA
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ANSCO Memo (1927)

ANSCO Memo (1927)

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This is an ANSCO Memo, a compact 35mm box camera that shoots 18mm x 24mm exposures on double perforated 35mm cinema film.  The Memo first went on sale in 1927 and predates Kodak’s type 135 film format, using it’s own proprietary “Memo Cassettes” which can accept bulk 35mm film, but…

July 21, 2020 October 4, 2022 Photography / Reviews  35mm / ANSCO / Half / USA
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ANSCO Automatic Reflex 3.5 (1947)

ANSCO Automatic Reflex 3.5 (1947)

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This is an ANSCO Automatic Reflex 3.5 twin lens reflex camera, made by ANSCO of Binghamton, NY starting in 1947.  It shot 6cm x 6cm images on 120 format roll film and had a feature set that compared favorably to top tier TLRs from Germany.  The ANSCO Reflex was an…

September 11, 2018 May 8, 2019 Photography / Reviews  120 / ANSCO / USA
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ANSCO Super Regent (1955)

ANSCO Super Regent (1955)

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What is it? This is an ANSCO Super Regent 35mm folding rangefinder camera, made between the years 1955 and 1959 for ANSCO by AGFA Camera Werk in Munich, Germany.  The Super Regent is a rebadged AGFA Super Solinette, but sold by ANSCO in the United States.  Both the Super Solinette…

June 19, 2018 June 19, 2018 Photography / Reviews  35mm / ANSCO / Germany
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Anscomark M (1960)

Anscomark M (1960)

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This is an Anscomark M 35mm rangefinder camera made in 1960 by Riken Optical Co., Ltd. (Ricoh) for GAF USA who at the time distributed cameras in the United States under the ANSCO brand.  The camera was developed by Riken for GAF in exchange for some of it’s photocopier technologies.  The…

May 15, 2018 May 25, 2021 Photography / Reviews  35mm / ANSCO / Japan / Ricoh / USA
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ANSCO B2 Commander (1940)

ANSCO B2 Commander (1940)

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What is it? The front plate on this camera says it is an AGFA B2 Commander, which is a folding camera from the 1940s that takes 120 roll film and uses scale focus.  Beyond that, I have struggled to find more information about this little camera online.  What little I…

April 8, 2015 April 9, 2018 Photography / Reviews  120 / ANSCO / Germany
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