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| + | The '''Ansco View''' cameras are wooden-bodied folding field cameras made from about 1925-39. They were made by Ansco in Binghampton, New York. They are often referred to in periodicals as '''Agfa View''' cameras; their maker was indeed [[Agfa Ansco]] for most of their period of production, and examples are seen with the Agfa rhombus;<ref>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/nojuanshome/sets/72157626175844983 5x7 Agfa View]; the camera (without bellows), case and a 4x5-inch reducing back all badged with the Agfa rhombus; at [https://www.flickr.com/photos/nojuanshome/ John Gately's Flickr site].</ref> however, they are properly Ansco cameras not similar to anything made by Agfa in Europe. | ||
| − | + | The '''Universal View Camera''' was originally made in 3¼x4¼, 4x5, 5x7 and 8x10 inch sizes, but by 1938 only in 5x7 and 8x10 inch.<ref name=PV>[http://www.piercevaubel.com/cam/scovill/agfa.htm Notes on the Agfa/Ansco Universal View] at [http://www.piercevaubel.com/cam/index.htm Pierce Vaubel] shows pages from contemporary American catalogues offering the camera in these sizes and over this period.</ref> The camera is made from cherry wood, stained a mahogany brown ('Adam brown') and has brass fittings and black leather bellows with a thin rubber lining. The 1938 Ansco catalogue offers a 'de luxe' finish of 'steel-grey' stained wood, nickel-plated fittings and red leather bellows.<ref name=PV/> | |
| − | + | The camera is rear-focusing by rack and pinion, and allows a large bellows extension: it has a built-in extension bed. The front standard has rise, shift and tilt, the rear tilt and swing. The rear has a pendulum level. The camera was supplied with a half-blind allowing a single plate to be used for two half-size images. | |
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| − | [ | + | The Universal View is one of a range of similar view cameras: |
| − | [[Category: | + | * The '''Commercial View''' camera was made in 8x10 inch only. It is rear-focusing like the Universal, but also has the front movable by rack-and-pinion. |
| − | [[Category: | + | * The '''Standard View''' camera is a single-extension camera of similar construction; rear-focusing, and made in 5x7 inch only. |
| + | * The '''Universal Junior View''' camera is a single-extension quarter-plate camera, and front-focusing. It has front rise, and rear tilt and swing. | ||
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| + | |image_text=Ansco Universal View Camera advertisement<br/> | ||
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| + | ==Notes== | ||
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| + | ==Links== | ||
| + | *[https://www.butkus.org/chinon/agfa/agfa_ansco_universal_view/agfa_ansco_universal_view.htm Ansco Universal View Camera user manual] at [https://www.butkus.org/chinon/ Butkus.org] | ||
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| + | [[Category:Quarter plate]] | ||
| + | [[Category:4x5in folding]] | ||
| + | [[Category:5x7in folding]] | ||
| + | [[Category:U|Universal View Camera Ansco]] | ||
| + | [[Category:View cameras]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 04:59, 5 August 2023
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The Ansco View cameras are wooden-bodied folding field cameras made from about 1925-39. They were made by Ansco in Binghampton, New York. They are often referred to in periodicals as Agfa View cameras; their maker was indeed Agfa Ansco for most of their period of production, and examples are seen with the Agfa rhombus;[1] however, they are properly Ansco cameras not similar to anything made by Agfa in Europe.
The Universal View Camera was originally made in 3¼x4¼, 4x5, 5x7 and 8x10 inch sizes, but by 1938 only in 5x7 and 8x10 inch.[2] The camera is made from cherry wood, stained a mahogany brown ('Adam brown') and has brass fittings and black leather bellows with a thin rubber lining. The 1938 Ansco catalogue offers a 'de luxe' finish of 'steel-grey' stained wood, nickel-plated fittings and red leather bellows.[2]
The camera is rear-focusing by rack and pinion, and allows a large bellows extension: it has a built-in extension bed. The front standard has rise, shift and tilt, the rear tilt and swing. The rear has a pendulum level. The camera was supplied with a half-blind allowing a single plate to be used for two half-size images.
The Universal View is one of a range of similar view cameras:
- The Commercial View camera was made in 8x10 inch only. It is rear-focusing like the Universal, but also has the front movable by rack-and-pinion.
- The Standard View camera is a single-extension camera of similar construction; rear-focusing, and made in 5x7 inch only.
- The Universal Junior View camera is a single-extension quarter-plate camera, and front-focusing. It has front rise, and rear tilt and swing.
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| Ansco Universal View Camera advertisement scanned by Nesster (Image rights) |
Notes
- ↑ 5x7 Agfa View; the camera (without bellows), case and a 4x5-inch reducing back all badged with the Agfa rhombus; at John Gately's Flickr site.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes on the Agfa/Ansco Universal View at Pierce Vaubel shows pages from contemporary American catalogues offering the camera in these sizes and over this period.
