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The '''Ensign Pocket Twenty''' was a [[folding|folding camera]] for [[120 film]], taking 6x9cm images.
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The '''Ensign Pocket Twenty''' is a [[folding|folding camera]] for [[120 film]], taking 6x9cm images. It was made in England by [[Houghton and Ensign|Houghton Butcher]] under their Ensign brand. The Pocket Twenty is not self-erecting - to open the camera, you lift the foot to release the bed, open the bed and then pull the lens post forward to the click stop.
There were two [[aperture]] settings, for "ordinary light", and "brilliant light" and two focus settings, for "Close ups" and "Views" - set by sliding the lens post to different positions. The [[everset]] shutter had a single speed, plus B and T settings.
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There are two [[aperture]] settings, for "ordinary light" and "brilliant light", and two focus settings, for "close ups" and "views" - set by sliding the lens post to different positions. The [[everset]] shutter has a single instantaneous (I) speed, plus B and T settings.
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== Links ==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20180217072750/http://www.marriottcameras.co.uk/advertising/ensign1933/pocket20.htm Pocket Twenty in 1933 Ensign catalogue] on the [https://web.archive.org/web/20180709075159/http://www.marriottcameras.co.uk/ Marriott's site] (archived)
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* Pocket Twenty photos on Flickr by [http://www.flickr.com/photos/keoki/1458228991/in/pool-camerawiki Vagamundos]
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* [https://www.butkus.org/chinon/ensign/ensign_pocket_e-20/ensign_pocket_e-20.htm Ensign Pocket Twenty manual] at [https://www.butkus.org/chinon Butkus.org]
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== Links ==
 
  
 
[[Category: Ensign|Pocket Twenty]]
 
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[[Category:P|Pocket Twenty Ensign]]
 
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[[Category: 6x9 viewfinder folding]]

Latest revision as of 01:04, 22 February 2023

The Ensign Pocket Twenty is a folding camera for 120 film, taking 6x9cm images. It was made in England by Houghton Butcher under their Ensign brand. The Pocket Twenty is not self-erecting - to open the camera, you lift the foot to release the bed, open the bed and then pull the lens post forward to the click stop.

There are two aperture settings, for "ordinary light" and "brilliant light", and two focus settings, for "close ups" and "views" - set by sliding the lens post to different positions. The everset shutter has a single instantaneous (I) speed, plus B and T settings.

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