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* [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/appareil-15445-Ansco_Memo.html Ansco Memo] at [http://www.collection-appareils.fr Sylvain Halgand's collection d'appareils] | * [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/appareil-15445-Ansco_Memo.html Ansco Memo] at [http://www.collection-appareils.fr Sylvain Halgand's collection d'appareils] | ||
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/camerawiki/6285130290/sizes/l/in/pool-camerawiki August, 1927 advertisement] for the Memo in ''National Geographic'' magazine, in the [http://www.flickr.com/photos/camerawiki/ camerawiki Flickr stream] | *[http://www.flickr.com/photos/camerawiki/6285130290/sizes/l/in/pool-camerawiki August, 1927 advertisement] for the Memo in ''National Geographic'' magazine, in the [http://www.flickr.com/photos/camerawiki/ camerawiki Flickr stream] | ||
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| + | |image_text= c.1930 Memo with Agfa Anastigmat lens <br>in Betax No. 0 shutter | ||
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| Early leather-covered Memo image by Rick Soloway (Image rights) |
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| Original varnished-wood Memo image by John Kratz (Image rights) |
The Ansco Memo is an American 35mm camera introduced in c1926-27[1], using Ansco's own cassette system (35mm cassettes would not be standardised until 1934). The film traveled vertically, as in a movie camera; and each frame was half the size of the 24x36mm format popularized by the Leica for stills cameras.
The earliest version of the Ansco Memo box camera was made of varnished wood. The wooden housings of the later versions were covered with leather. Several months after the Memo began receiving its leather covering, a shutter release guard was added, to prevent accidental shutter actuation.
The Memo features a claw-based film-advance mechanism, like a cine camera, rather than a sprocket system as on a conventional 35mm camera.
Notes
- ↑ There is some argument about this; see Scott's Photographica Memo page
Links
- Ansco Memo at Scott's Photographica
- Ansco Memo at BoxCameras.com via Internet Archive: The Wayback Machine
- Detailed description at Minox, Metol & Macintosh
- Ansco Memo at Sylvain Halgand's collection d'appareils
- August, 1927 advertisement for the Memo in National Geographic magazine, in the camerawiki Flickr stream
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| Later version with shutter release guard (missing handle) image by John Kratz (Image rights) |
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| c.1930 Memo with Agfa Anastigmat lens in Betax No. 0 shutter image by Geoff Harrisson (Image rights) |
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| Rear view showing fim advance knob for claw mechanism image by Geoff Harrisson (Image rights) |
