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| + | |image_text= Early leather-covered Memo | ||
| + | |image_by= Rick Soloway | ||
| + | |image_rights= With permission | ||
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| + | |image_text= Original varnished-wood Memo | ||
| + | |image_by= John Kratz | ||
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| + | The '''Ansco Memo''' is an American [[35mm film | 35mm]] camera introduced in c1926-27<ref>There is some argument about this; see [http://www.vintagephoto.tv/anscomemo.shtml Scott's Photographica Memo page]</ref>, 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 A | Leica]] for stills cameras. | ||
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| + | 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. | ||
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| + | The Memo features a claw-based film-advance mechanism, like a cine camera, rather than a sprocket system as on a conventional 35mm camera. It made 50 exposures 18×23mm. | ||
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| + | |image_align= left | ||
| + | |image_text= Ansco Memo cassette (left) and<br/>Agfa Karat cassette (right) | ||
| + | |image_by= Jack Hufnagel | ||
| + | |image_rights= with permission | ||
| + | }} | ||
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| + | ==Notes== | ||
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== Links == | == Links == | ||
| − | * [http://www.vintagephoto.tv/anscomemo.shtml Scott's | + | *[https://www.butkus.org/chinon/ansco/ansco_memo/ansco_memo.htm Ansco Memo user manual] at [https://www.butkus.org/chinon/ Butkus.org] |
| − | * [http://www.boxcameras.com/memowood.html | + | * [http://www.vintagephoto.tv/anscomemo.shtml Ansco Memo] at [http://www.vintagephoto.tv Scott's Photographica] |
| − | * [http://www.slonet.org/~mhd/1intro/anscomemo/ansco.htm Detailed description] | + | * [http://web.archive.org/web/20090223133806/http://www.boxcameras.com/memowood.html Ansco Memo] at [http://web.archive.org/web/20100329110226/http://www.boxcameras.com/ BoxCameras.com] via [http://www.archive.org Internet Archive: The Wayback Machine] |
| + | * [http://archive.is/www.slonet.org/~mhd/1intro/anscomemo/ansco.htm Detailed description] at [http://archive.is/http://www.slonet.org/~mhd Minox, Metol & Macintosh] (archived) | ||
| + | *[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.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/appareil-15445-Ansco_Memo.html Ansco Memo] at Sylvain Halgand's [http://www.collection-appareils.fr Collection Appareils] (in French) | ||
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| + | |image_align= left | ||
| + | |image_text= Later version with shutter release guard<br/><small>(missing handle)</small> | ||
| + | |image_by= John Kratz | ||
| + | |image_rights= nc | ||
| + | }} | ||
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| + | {{Flickr_image | ||
| + | |image_source= http://www.flickr.com/photos/90900361@N08/11077074286/in/pool-camerawiki/ | ||
| + | |image= http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5547/11077074286_d63ec8c284_w.jpg | ||
| + | |image_align= left | ||
| + | |image_text= c.1930 Memo with Agfa [[Anastigmat]]<br>in Betax No. 0 shutter | ||
| + | |image_by= Geoff Harrisson | ||
| + | |image_rights= wp | ||
| + | }} | ||
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| + | |image_align= left | ||
| + | |image_text= Rear view showing film advance<br>knob for claw mechanism | ||
| + | |image_by= Geoff Harrisson | ||
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| + | |image_align= left | ||
| + | |image_text= Memo disassembled | ||
| + | |image_by= SBA73 | ||
| + | |image_rights= nc | ||
| + | }} | ||
| − | [[Category: Ansco]] | + | [[Category: Ansco|Memo]] |
[[Category: A]] | [[Category: A]] | ||
| − | [[Category: M|Memo]] | + | [[Category:M|Memo Ansco]] |
| + | [[Category: Half frame]] | ||
| + | [[Category: Box]] | ||
| + | [[Category: 1926]] | ||
Latest revision as of 05:30, 24 November 2023
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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. It made 50 exposures 18×23mm.
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| Ansco Memo cassette (left) and Agfa Karat cassette (right) image by Jack Hufnagel (Image rights) |
Notes
- ↑ There is some argument about this; see Scott's Photographica Memo page
Links
- Ansco Memo user manual at Butkus.org
- Ansco Memo at Scott's Photographica
- Ansco Memo at BoxCameras.com via Internet Archive: The Wayback Machine
- Detailed description at Minox, Metol & Macintosh (archived)
- August, 1927 advertisement for the Memo in National Geographic magazine, in the camerawiki Flickr stream
- Ansco Memo at Sylvain Halgand's Collection Appareils (in French)
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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 in Betax No. 0 shutter image by Geoff Harrisson (Image rights) |
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| Rear view showing film advance knob for claw mechanism image by Geoff Harrisson (Image rights) |
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| Memo disassembled image by SBA73 (Image rights) |
