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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
| + | * [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JxcfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NZgEAAAAIBAJ&dq=ansco%20viking&pg=1925%2C2999599 Ansco Viking 6.3 newspaper ad, Google News Archive, Tuscaloosa News, Sunday 29 Nov, 1953] | ||
* [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/agfa/html/agfa_billy_I.php Collection Appareils: Agfa Billy I] | * [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/agfa/html/agfa_billy_I.php Collection Appareils: Agfa Billy I] | ||
* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/steevithak/sets/72157625881885237 Photos of and with Ansco Viking 6.3] | * [http://www.flickr.com/photos/steevithak/sets/72157625881885237 Photos of and with Ansco Viking 6.3] | ||
Revision as of 23:39, 9 February 2011
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Manufacturer: Ansco
Film type: 120
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The Ansco Viking 6.3 is a folding 6cm x 7cm medium format camera manufactured by Agfa in 1952.
Description
The Ansco Viking 6.3 takes 8 6cm x 9cm (2.25 in x 3.75 in) photos on a standard roll of 120 format film. According to a name plate on camera, it was manufactured for Ansco by Agfa Camera Werk, München, US Zone, Germany. The camera includes an 105mm Agfa Agnar Anastigmatic, hard-coated lens. Aperture settings are f6.3, f8, f11, f16, and f22. A Vario shutter provides speed settings of 1/200, 1/50, 1/25, and Bulb. Controls and features on the camera include shutter speed, aperture, shutter cocking lever, shutter release button, film winding knob, back latch, platform release button, cable release socket, M-Sync flash connector, tripod socket, and an accessory shoe for flash guns or range finders. An optional leather carrying case was available, the Ansco Everready Case JN-450.[1]
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Recommended exposure settings
Average exposure settings recommended in original user manual for Ansco Plenachrome or Ansco Supreme (ISO 50 daylight/ 32 Tungsten) film:[2]
| Light Contitions | 1/25 | 1/50 | 1/200 |
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| Bright Sunlight | f22 | f16 | f8 |
| Hazy Sunlight | f16 | f11 | f6.3 |
| Bright Overcast | f11 | f8 | -- |
| Dull Overcast | f8 | f6.3 | -- |
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