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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. | + | 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. | 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 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. 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.
- ↑ 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
