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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. | ||
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The Ansco Memo is an American 35mm camera introduced in c1926-27[1], using Ansco's own cassette system - as the 35mm cassettes would not be standardised until 1934.
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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.
The Memo features a claw-based film-advance mechanism, like a cine camera, rather than a sprocket system as on a conventional 35mm camera.
- ↑ There is some argument about this; see Scott's Photographica Memo page
Links
- Ansco Memo at Scott's Photographica [1]
- Boxcameras Memo at BoxCameras.com [2]
- Detailed description at Minox, Metol & Macintosh [3]
- Ansco Memo at collection-appareils.fr [4] by Sylvain Halgand
