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| − | The '''Ensign Multex''' is a 127 roll film rangefinder camera for 3×4cm images from [[Ensign]], made between 1936 and ca. 1938. <br>It has a focal plane shutter with a full range of speeds from 1 second to 1/1000th and 'T'. The camera was available with a range of lenses in ascending order of price: | + | The '''Ensign Multex''' is a 127 roll film rangefinder camera for 3×4cm images from [[Ensign]], made between 1936 and ca. 1938. <br>It has a focal plane shutter with a full range of speeds from 1 second to 1/1000th and 'T'. The camera was available with a range of lenses in ascending order of price: <br>f/3.5 Ensign Multar; f/2.9 Ross Xpres; f/2.8 Tessar; f/1.9 Ross Xpres; and f/2 Sonnar.<ref>Miniature Camera Magazine, October 1937, pp718-719</ref> |
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| − | |image_text= Multex Model 0 <br><small>images by Svend Frederiksen</small> | + | |image_text= Multex Model 0 with f/3.5 Ensign Multar lens<br><small>images by Svend Frederiksen</small> |
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The Ensign Multex is a 127 roll film rangefinder camera for 3×4cm images from Ensign, made between 1936 and ca. 1938.
It has a focal plane shutter with a full range of speeds from 1 second to 1/1000th and 'T'. The camera was available with a range of lenses in ascending order of price:
f/3.5 Ensign Multar; f/2.9 Ross Xpres; f/2.8 Tessar; f/1.9 Ross Xpres; and f/2 Sonnar.[1]
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| Multex Model 0 with f/3.5 Ensign Multar lens images by Svend Frederiksen (Image rights) |
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| Ensign Multex II Advertisment 1938 image by Hans Kerensky (Image rights) |
Notes
- ↑ Miniature Camera Magazine, October 1937, pp718-719
