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Ensign Commando (1945)

Ensign Commando (1945)

This is an Ensign Commando, a folding roll film camera made by Barnet Ensign Ltd. between the years 1945 and 1949.  The Ensign Commando shoots both 6cm x 6cm and 4.5cm x 6cm images on 120 format roll film and was originally made for the British military near the end…

October 2, 2024 October 2, 2024 Photography / Reviews  120 / 14.0 / England / Ensign
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Ensign Selfix 820 Special (1953)

Ensign Selfix 820 Special (1953)

This is an Ensign Selfix 820 Special, a medium format folding camera produced by Barnet Ensign Ross Ltd in London, England starting in 1953.  The Selfix 620 Special was a higher end model in a long running line of Selfix folding cameras produced both before and after the war.  When…

March 7, 2023 September 29, 2025 Photography / Reviews  11.0 / 120 / 620 / England / Ensign
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Ensign Ful-Vue (1946)

Ensign Ful-Vue (1946)

What is it? This is an Ensign Ful-Vue box camera made by Barnet Ensign Ltd. of Walthamstow, England between the years 1946 and 1949.  This was the second camera named the Ensign Ful-Vue to be released, the first released in 1939 was a more traditional cube shaped box camera made by…

July 24, 2017 January 31, 2024 Photography / Reviews  120 / 7.0 / England / Ensign
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