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AGFA Memo (1939)

AGFA Memo (1939)

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This is an AGFA Memo, a compact folding camera made in Binghamton, New York by the AGFA ANSCO Corporation starting in 1939.  This version of the Memo is a less common variant that shoots 18mm x 24mm single frame images on ANSCO’s Memo film, which is very similar to AGFA’s…

August 24, 2021 August 24, 2021 Photography / Reviews  AGFA / Half / Rapid / USA
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Pentacon Penti II (1961)

Pentacon Penti II (1961)

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This is a Penti II originally made by VEB Welta-Kamera-Werk in East Germany between the years 1961 and 1977.  Welta would be absorbed into VEB Pentacon in 1964 while this camera was still in production, so many were made after the merger and were then called the Pentacon Penti II.  The…

December 11, 2018 December 13, 2018 Photography / Reviews  Germany / Pentacon / Rapid
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