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The '''Ensign Selfix 420''' was a [[folding]] camera sold by [[Ensign]] from 1946. It was fitted with an Ensar Anastigmat lens and took [[120 film]] with the ability to expose either eight 6×9 or twelve 6×6 frames with the optional application of a mask. It is very similar to the [[Ensign Selfix 20|Selfix 20]] which it succeeded. | The '''Ensign Selfix 420''' was a [[folding]] camera sold by [[Ensign]] from 1946. It was fitted with an Ensar Anastigmat lens and took [[120 film]] with the ability to expose either eight 6×9 or twelve 6×6 frames with the optional application of a mask. It is very similar to the [[Ensign Selfix 20|Selfix 20]] which it succeeded. | ||
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Revision as of 00:04, 28 October 2011
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The Ensign Selfix 420 was a folding camera sold by Ensign from 1946. It was fitted with an Ensar Anastigmat lens and took 120 film with the ability to expose either eight 6×9 or twelve 6×6 frames with the optional application of a mask. It is very similar to the Selfix 20 which it succeeded.
The Selfix 420 is not a rare camera but it is much less common than many better known folders.
Features
- Camera type: Pocket folding with viewfinder
- Shutter type: Epsilon or Prontor II (uncommon)
- Shutter speeds: T, B, 1/150s, 1/100s, 1/50s, 1/25s, 1/10s, 1/5s, 1/2s, 1s
- Lens: Ensar Anastigmat 105mm or 100mm (uncommon), f4.5
- Lens aperture range: f/4.5-f/22 in 6 discrete stops
- Lens focusing range: 3.5 feet, infinity
- Viewfinder: lens-mounted brilliant finder and folding glassless eye finder upon top-plate
- Film size: 120 roll medium format
- Negative size: 6×9cm; 8 exposures per roll, 6×6; 12 exposures per roll
Links
- Ensign Selfix 420 with Epsilon shutter and 105mm lens
- Ensign Selfix 420 with Prontor II shutter and 100mm lens
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