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*  [[Agfa Memo]]
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*  [[Halina Micro 110|Ansco 50]] (made by [[Haking]])
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===35mm film===
 
* Ansco 135 (Haking [[Halina 150]])
 
* Ansco 135 (Haking [[Halina 150]])
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* [[Ansco 410]]
 
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* [[Ansco 600 Flash]]
 
 
* [[Ansco 1065]] ([[Haking]] 35mm w/fixed focus 48mm f:8 lens)
 
* [[Ansco 1065]] ([[Haking]] 35mm w/fixed focus 48mm f:8 lens)
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* [[Ansco Admiral]] (variant of [[Ansco Rediflex|Rediflex]])
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* [[Ansco Anscomark M]]
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*  [[Ansco Anscoflex]]
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* [[Minolta Uniomat|Ansco Anscoset, Anscoset II, Anscoset III]] (by [[Minolta]])
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*  [[Ansco Anscoflex II]]
 
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*  [[Ansco Anscomark M]]
 
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* [[Minolta Uniomat|Ansco Anscoset, Anscoset II, Anscoset III]] (by [[Minolta]])
 
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*  Ansco Arrow
 
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* [[Ansco Automatic Reflex]]
 
 
* [[Minolta Hi-Matic|Ansco Autoset]] (by [[Minolta]])
 
* [[Minolta Hi-Matic|Ansco Autoset]] (by [[Minolta]])
 
* [[GAF Ansco Autoset CdS|Ansco Autoset CdS]] (Minolta)
 
* [[GAF Ansco Autoset CdS|Ansco Autoset CdS]] (Minolta)
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* [[Ansco Memar]]
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* GAF [[GAF Ansco Memo II|Ansco Memo II]] (half-frame, rebadged '''[[Ricoh Auto Half]]''')
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* [[Ansco Pix Panorama]] (by [[Haking]])
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* [[Ansco Regent]]
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* [[Ansco Super Memar]]
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* [[Ansco Super Regent]]
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===116 film===
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* Ansco No. 2A Craftsman
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* [[Ansco No 1A Folding]]
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* Ansco No 2A Folding
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* [[Ansco Shur Shot]]
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*[[Ansco Readyset|Ansco Readyset Royal No. 1A]]
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*[[Ansco Readyset|Ansco Readyset Traveler]]
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===118 film===
 
* [[Ansco Buster Brown No. 2A]]
 
* [[Ansco Buster Brown No. 2A]]
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* [[Ansco Cadet (127)]]
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* [[Ansco Junior]]
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* [[Ansco Cadet II]]
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* Ansco No 6 Folding
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* Ansco Cadet III
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* Ansco Special No. 2A
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* [[Ansco Cadet Reflex]]
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===120 film===
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* Ansco Arrow
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* [[Ansco Automatic Reflex]]
 
* [[Ansco Color Clipper]]
 
* [[Ansco Color Clipper]]
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* [[Ansco View Cameras|Commercial View Camera]]
 
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* [[Ansco Clipper]]
 
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* [[Agfa Ansco Clipper Special|(Agfa) Ansco Clipper Special]]
 
 
* [[Ansco Craftsman]]
 
* [[Ansco Craftsman]]
 
* [[Ansco Commander]] (6x9)
 
* [[Ansco Commander]] (6x9)
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*  Ansco No. 2A Craftsman
 
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* [[Ansco Dollar Camera]]
 
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* [[Ansco Clipper|Ansco Flash Clipper]]
 
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* [[Ansco No. 3A Folding Buster Brown]]
 
 
* [[Ansco Isolette]]
 
* [[Ansco Isolette]]
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* [[Ansco Junior]]
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* Ansco Marvel S-20 (made for Sears)
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* [[Agfa Karat|Ansco Karomat]]
 
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* [[Ansco Lancer]]
 
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*  Ansco Marvel S-20 (made for Sears)
 
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* [[Ansco Memar]]
 
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* [[Ansco Memo]] (1927 for 35mm film)
 
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* GAF [[GAF Ansco Memo II|Ansco Memo II]] (half-frame, rebadged '''[[Ricoh Auto Half]]''')
 
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* [[Ansco No 1A Folding]]
 
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*  Ansco No 2A Folding
 
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*  Ansco No 3A Folding
 
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*  Ansco No 6 Folding
 
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* [[Ansco Panda]]
 
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* [[Ansco Pioneer]] (also badged as the "Ansco Jr. Press Photographer")
 
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* [[Ansco Pix Panorama]] (by [[Haking]])
 
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* [[Ansco Plenax PB20]]
 
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* [[Readyflash|Ansco Readyflash]]
 
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* [[Ansco Readyset]]
 
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* [[Ansco Readyset|Ansco Readyset Royal No. 1A]]
 
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* [[Ansco Readyset|Ansco Readyset Special]]
 
 
* [[Ansco Readyset|Ansco Readyset Traveler]]
 
* [[Ansco Readyset|Ansco Readyset Traveler]]
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* [[Ansco Rediflex]]
 
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* [[Ansco Regent]]
 
 
* [[Ansco Shur Flash]]
 
* [[Ansco Shur Flash]]
 
* [[Ansco Shur Shot]]
 
* [[Ansco Shur Shot]]
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*   Ansco Special No. 2
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* Ansco Special No. 2
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*  Ansco Special No. 2A
 
 
* [[Ansco Speedex]]
 
* [[Ansco Speedex]]
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* [[Ansco View Cameras|Standard View Camera]]
 
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* [[Ansco Super Memar]]
 
 
* [[Ansco Super Speedex]]
 
* [[Ansco Super Speedex]]
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* [[Ansco Super Regent]]
 
 
* [[Ansco Titan]]
 
* [[Ansco Titan]]
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* [[Ansco View Cameras|Universal View Camera]]
 
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* [[Ansco View Cameras|Universal Junior View Camera]]
 
 
* [[Ansco Viking 6.3]]
 
* [[Ansco Viking 6.3]]
 
* Ansco Vest Pocket A
 
* Ansco Vest Pocket A
 
* Ansco Vest Pocket 2
 
* Ansco Vest Pocket 2
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* [[Ansco Craftsman]] Camera Kit
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===122 film===
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* [[Ansco No. 3A Folding Buster Brown]]
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* [[Ansco Junior]]
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* Ansco No 3A Folding
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===127 film===
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* [[Ansco Cadet (127)]]
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* [[Ansco Cadet II]]
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* Ansco Cadet III
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* [[Ansco Cadet Reflex]]
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* [[Ansco Dollar Camera]]
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* [[Ansco Lancer]]
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* [[Ansco Readyset]]
  
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===616 film===
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* [[Ansco Clipper]]
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* [[Agfa Ansco Clipper Special|(Agfa) Ansco Clipper Special]]
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* [[Ansco Clipper|Ansco Flash Clipper]]
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* [[Ansco Pioneer]] (also badged as the "Ansco Jr. Press Photographer")
  
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=== Camera kit===
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===620 film===
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* [[Ansco Craftsman]] Camera Kit
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* [[Ansco Admiral]] (variant of [[Ansco Rediflex|Rediflex]])
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* [[Ansco Anscoflex]]
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* [[Ansco Anscoflex II]]
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* [[Ansco Panda]]
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* [[Ansco Plenax PB20]]
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* [[Readyflash|Ansco Readyflash]]
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* [[Ansco Readyset|Ansco Readyset Special]]
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* [[Ansco Rediflex]]
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===110 film===
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* [[Halina Micro 110|Ansco 50]] (made by [[Haking]])
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* [[Ansco 410]]
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* [[Ansco 600 Flash]]
  
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===GAF cameras===
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===Non-standard 35mm film===
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* [[Agfa Memo]]
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* [[Agfa Karat|Ansco Karomat]]
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* [[Ansco Memo]]
  
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''Including '''Ascomatic''' models: See article'' [[GAF]]
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===Sheet film===
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* [[Ansco View Cameras|Commercial View Camera]]
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* [[Ansco View Cameras|Standard View Camera]]
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* [[Ansco View Cameras|Universal View Camera]]
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* [[Ansco View Cameras|Universal Junior View Camera]]  
  
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=== Disc Cameras ===
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===Disc film===
  
 
Presumably all manufactured by [[Haking]]; [[Haking#Disc_film_cameras|equivalent Halina/Haking models]] may exist
 
Presumably all manufactured by [[Haking]]; [[Haking#Disc_film_cameras|equivalent Halina/Haking models]] may exist
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*  Ansco 105, Ansco 105 Telephoto
 
*  Ansco 105, Ansco 105 Telephoto
 
*  Ansco 310
 
*  Ansco 310
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*  Ansco HR65
 
*  Ansco HR65
 
*  Ansco Ready Flash VR1
 
*  Ansco Ready Flash VR1
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===GAF cameras===
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''Including '''Ascomatic''' models: See article'' [[GAF]]
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==

Revision as of 10:32, 28 March 2019

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Anthony & Scovill box camera
image by PhotoShop Guru (Image rights)

Ansco was an American manufacturer of camera equipment and film in Binghamton, New York.

In the 19th century its predecessor E. & H.T. Anthony Co. was the largest distributor of photography supply in the U.S.A.. It started in 1841 or 1842 as daguerreotype gallery Edward Anthony in New York and expanded its activity becoming photography supplier in 1847. In 1852 Edward Anthony's brother Henry T. joined. In 1870 the company started making cameras. The company was the first to patent a roll-film holder that could be loaded in light[1].

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Ansco ad (click to see on video)
image by Eponymous Hero (Image rights)


In 1902 it was merged with Scovill & Adams into Anthony & Scovill, this name being abbreviated to Ansco. Ansco took over film maker Goodwin, photo paper maker Columbia and the American Photo Products Co.. Then it was acquired by Agfa of Germany in 1928, becoming known as Agfa Ansco (this was a productive period, resulting in many cameras covered in their own article). In addition to new imports and licensing of Agfa products, Ansco also built a new film factory, and in 1939 was renamed General Aniline & Film (GAF). With the entry of the US into WWII, Agfa Ansco was placed under control of the US "Alien Property Custodian," and by 1943 cameras were sold once again simply as Ansco. During the war years production shifted to sextants and military optical rangefinders, and ultimately it was sold as an "enemy asset".

After WWII the company reached its peak as camera maker, with a production of 2 million cameras per year. Beginning in the 1950s Ansco shifted to selling rebadged imports, made by Agfa, Chinon, Ricoh and even Minolta. In 1967 the company began selling its film and cameras under the brand GAF (General Aniline & Film). Then in 1978, Haking of Hong Kong acquired the rights to the Ansco trademark. Simple plastic cameras bearing the Ansco brand after this point are almost certainly Haking products; and typically have "twins" under the Halina and Haking names.

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panchromatic film
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Ansco cameras continued to be made until the 1990s by Haking, while GAF became Anitec. In 1992 Anitec celebrated the company's 150th anniversary. It became part of a group which was taken over by Kodak. The factory in Binghamton was closed in 1998 and demolished in 2000.

The Ansconian

From the 1920s through the 1960s, Ansco published a photographic magazine called The Ansconian. The magazine was the descendent of the Anthony Photographic Journal, published by Ansco's predecessor, the E. & H.T. Anthony Co.[2]

Anthony cameras

Ansco cameras

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image by Danny Bolivar (Image rights)
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Anscoflex II
image by Eduardo Urdangaray (Image rights)
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Anscoset II
(Minolta Uniomat)
image by Jim Keeling (Image rights)
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Readyset Royal No. 1A
image by Scott Head (Image rights)
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Ansco Regent
image by Rhett Redelings (Image rights)
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No. 2 Ansco Special
image by John Kratz (Image rights)

35mm film

116 film

118 film

120 film

122 film

127 film

616 film

620 film

110 film

Non-standard 35mm film

Sheet film

Disc film

Presumably all manufactured by Haking; equivalent Halina/Haking models may exist

  • Ansco 105, Ansco 105 Telephoto
  • Ansco 310
  • Ansco 320
  • Ansco 330
  • Ansco 340
  • Ansco 350
  • Ansco 370
  • Ansco 380 Telephoto
  • Ansco 412 Tele-Flash
  • Ansco Cadet 100
  • Ansco Disc 103
  • Ansco Fiesta, Ansco Fiesta Tele
  • Ansco HR10, Ansco Memo HR10, Ansco HR10T
  • Ansco HR15
  • Ansco HR20
  • Ansco HR25
  • Ansco HR30
  • Ansco HR40
  • Ansco HR50
  • Ansco HR65
  • Ansco Ready Flash VR1

GAF cameras

Including Ascomatic models: See article GAF

Notes

  1. ↑ Coe, Brian, Cameras - from Daguerreotypes to Instant Pictures, Marshall-Cavendish Editions, 1978, p.80
  2. ↑ Bill Ryan at Ansco

Links

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In French:

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