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+ | '''Manufacturer:''' [[Ensign]] | ||
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+ | '''Date of Production:''' 1923 | ||
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+ | '''Type of Camera:''' [[Box_camera|Box]] | ||
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+ | '''[[Film]] Type:''' 120 Roll (6x9) | ||
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+ | '''[[Shutter]]:''' Rotary | ||
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+ | '''[[Shutter speed]] range:''' I or T | ||
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+ | '''[[Viewfinder]]:''' Waist level or wire frame | ||
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The '''Box Ensign 2¼B''' was made by [[Houghton and Ensign|Houghton-Butcher]] in the UK around 1923<ref>{{McKeown}}, p.394</ref>. It took 2¼×3¼ (6×9cm) negatives on [[120 film]] (Ensign 2¼B film). It has a simple rotary I/T shutter. There was also a 2¼A model, for 2¼ square images. | The '''Box Ensign 2¼B''' was made by [[Houghton and Ensign|Houghton-Butcher]] in the UK around 1923<ref>{{McKeown}}, p.394</ref>. It took 2¼×3¼ (6×9cm) negatives on [[120 film]] (Ensign 2¼B film). It has a simple rotary I/T shutter. There was also a 2¼A model, for 2¼ square images. | ||
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It was available in black, or a leather-grain effect brown. | It was available in black, or a leather-grain effect brown. | ||
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+ | |image_text= Black, [[Rapid Rectilinear]] (RR) model | ||
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Revision as of 14:03, 22 March 2011
Ensign Box 2¼ B | ||
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Manufacturer: Ensign Date of Production: 1923 Type of Camera: Box Film Type: 120 Roll (6x9) Shutter: Rotary Shutter speed range: I or T Viewfinder: Waist level or wire frame |
The Box Ensign 2¼B was made by Houghton-Butcher in the UK around 1923[1]. It took 2¼×3¼ (6×9cm) negatives on 120 film (Ensign 2¼B film). It has a simple rotary I/T shutter. There was also a 2¼A model, for 2¼ square images.
There seem to have been at least two models, one with a meniscus lens, another with a Rapid Rectilinear (RR) lens, with a choice of three (unlabelled) apertures selected by a slider above the shutter release. Some versions have a plug-type lens cap, made of leatherette-covered card, attached by a string to the lens surround.
There are two Watson-type finders and a wire frame finder which folds down over the front.
It was available in black, or a leather-grain effect brown.
Gallery
Black, Rapid Rectilinear (RR) model image by AWCam (Image rights) |
Meniscus model image by Scribex (Image rights) |
film carrier image by Scribex (Image rights) |