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[[Ansco]]'s '''No. 3A Folding Buster Brown''' was a camera to make postcard sized exposures on [[roll film]]. It was one of a series of folding bed cameras made by Ansco's camera factory in Binghamton, New York. It was launched 1912 or 1913. The camera has a focusing lever with distance scale and a reflecting type [[viewfinder|finder]] on its folding bed. The Actus shutter offers three speeds up to 1/100 sec. plus T and B mode. The chrome plated metal parts plus the black leather(ette?)-covered and black painted parts of camera body and folding bed give it an elegant look. | [[Ansco]]'s '''No. 3A Folding Buster Brown''' was a camera to make postcard sized exposures on [[roll film]]. It was one of a series of folding bed cameras made by Ansco's camera factory in Binghamton, New York. It was launched 1912 or 1913. The camera has a focusing lever with distance scale and a reflecting type [[viewfinder|finder]] on its folding bed. The Actus shutter offers three speeds up to 1/100 sec. plus T and B mode. The chrome plated metal parts plus the black leather(ette?)-covered and black painted parts of camera body and folding bed give it an elegant look. | ||
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| + | In Ansco's film-size designations of the era, this camera used 18A or 18B film (for 6 or 10 exposures, respectively)<ref>[http://www.vintagephoto.tv/anscofilmtable.shtml Using Vintage Ansco Roll Film Cameras] at [http://www.vintagephoto.tv/index.shtml Scott's Photographica Collection]. This was equivalent to Kodak's 122 size, using a spool 3.75" tall.</ref> | ||
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Ansco's No. 3A Folding Buster Brown was a camera to make postcard sized exposures on roll film. It was one of a series of folding bed cameras made by Ansco's camera factory in Binghamton, New York. It was launched 1912 or 1913. The camera has a focusing lever with distance scale and a reflecting type finder on its folding bed. The Actus shutter offers three speeds up to 1/100 sec. plus T and B mode. The chrome plated metal parts plus the black leather(ette?)-covered and black painted parts of camera body and folding bed give it an elegant look.
In Ansco's film-size designations of the era, this camera used 18A or 18B film (for 6 or 10 exposures, respectively)[1]
Notes & References
- ↑ Using Vintage Ansco Roll Film Cameras at Scott's Photographica Collection. This was equivalent to Kodak's 122 size, using a spool 3.75" tall.
