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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 '''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 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 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.
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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&times;23mm.
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==Notes==
 
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== Links ==
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*[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.vintagephoto.tv/anscomemo.shtml Ansco Memo] at [http://www.vintagephoto.tv Scott's Photographica]
 
* [http://www.vintagephoto.tv/anscomemo.shtml Ansco Memo] at [http://www.vintagephoto.tv Scott's Photographica]
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* [http://www.boxcameras.com/memowood.html Boxcameras Memo] at [http://www.boxcameras.com BoxCameras.com]
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* [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]
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* [http://www.slonet.org/~mhd/1intro/anscomemo/ansco.htm Detailed description] at [http://www.slonet.org/~mhd Minox, Metol & Macintosh]
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* [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)
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* [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/agfa/html/memo.php Ansco Memo] at [http://www.collection-appareils.fr Sylvain Halgand's collection d'appareils]
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*[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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* [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_text= c.1930 Memo with Agfa [[Anastigmat]]<br>in Betax No. 0 shutter
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[[Category: Ansco|Memo]]
 
[[Category: Ansco|Memo]]
 
[[Category: A]]
 
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[[Category:M|Memo Ansco]]
 
[[Category: Half frame]]
 
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[[Category: Box]]
 
[[Category: Box]]
 
[[Category: 1926]]
 
[[Category: 1926]]

Latest revision as of 05:30, 24 November 2023

2951260303_7fd7e3114d.jpg
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.

4503629674_e3967396c0_m.jpg
Ansco Memo cassette (left) and
Agfa Karat cassette (right)
image by Jack Hufnagel (Image rights)


Notes

  1. ↑ There is some argument about this; see Scott's Photographica Memo page

Links


1169911825_7e9e22b20d_w.jpg
Later version with shutter release guard
(missing handle)
image by John Kratz (Image rights)
11077074286_d63ec8c284_w.jpg
c.1930 Memo with Agfa Anastigmat
in Betax No. 0 shutter
image by Geoff Harrisson (Image rights)
11077160843_b7aeb6f94c_w.jpg
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)
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