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| + | |image_text= With Epsilon shutter | ||
| + | |image_by= Steve Davies | ||
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| + | The '''Ensign Selfix 420''' is a [[folding]] camera sold by [[Ensign]] from 1946. It is fitted with an Ensar Anastigmat lens and takes [[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 Selfix 420 is not a rare camera but it is much less common than many better known folders. | The Selfix 420 is not a rare camera but it is much less common than many better known folders. | ||
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== Links == | == Links == | ||
| − | * [ | + | *[https://oldcamera.blog/2019/11/21/ensign-selfix-420/ Ensign Selfix 420 review] at [https://oldcamera.blog/ The Oldcamera.blog] |
| − | * [http://www.flickr.com/photos/jesus258/4353863413/sizes/l/ Ensign Selfix 420 with Prontor II shutter and 100mm lens] | + | * [http://www.flickr.com/photos/jesus258/4353863413/sizes/l/ Ensign Selfix 420 with Prontor II shutter and 100mm lens] from [http://www.flickr.com/photos/jesus258/ JESUS258] on Flickr |
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| + | |image_source= http://www.flickr.com/photos/stanbury/2321792447/in/pool-camerawiki | ||
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| + | |image_by= Howard Stanbury | ||
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| − | + | [[Category: 6x6 viewfinder folding]] | |
| − | [[Category:6x6 viewfinder folding]] | + | [[Category: 6x9 viewfinder folding]] |
| − | [[Category:6x9 viewfinder folding]] | ||
[[Category: Ensign|Selfix 420]] | [[Category: Ensign|Selfix 420]] | ||
[[Category: E]] | [[Category: E]] | ||
| − | [[Category: S|Selfix 420]] | + | [[Category:S|Selfix 420 Ensign]] |
| + | [[Category:120 film]] | ||
| + | [[Category: UK]] | ||
Latest revision as of 06:12, 7 January 2023
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| With Epsilon shutter image by Steve Davies (Image rights) |
The Ensign Selfix 420 is a folding camera sold by Ensign from 1946. It is fitted with an Ensar Anastigmat lens and takes 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 review at The Oldcamera.blog
- Ensign Selfix 420 with Prontor II shutter and 100mm lens from JESUS258 on Flickr
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| image by Howard Stanbury (Image rights) |
