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| − | The '''Esco''' is a camera for 17x24 mm exposures on 35 mm film, made by '''Otto Seischab''' in Nuremburg in about 1922. The camera body, which is metal and painted in a black crackle finish, is dominated by a magazine for 7.5 metres of film, sufficient for 400 exposures. The film is loaded by removing the base of the camera. The lens is a [[Steinheil]] Cassar 50 mm f/3.5, and the shutter a dial-set [[Compur]] with speeds 1 - 1/300 second, plus 'B' and 'T'. The camera has a helical focusing. There is a folding [[ | + | The '''Esco''' is a camera for 17x24 mm exposures on 35 mm film, made by '''Otto Seischab''' in Nuremburg in about 1922. The camera body, which is metal and painted in a black crackle finish, is dominated by a magazine for 7.5 metres of film, sufficient for 400 exposures. The film is loaded by removing the base of the camera. The lens is a [[Steinheil]] Cassar 50 mm f/3.5, and the shutter a dial-set [[Compur]] with speeds 1 - 1/300 second, plus 'B' and 'T'. The camera has a helical focusing. There is a folding [[Viewfinder#Frame_finders|frame finder]] on the top (which looks back-to-front, with the wide frame at the rear, and a centring aid at the front). |
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The Esco is a camera for 17x24 mm exposures on 35 mm film, made by Otto Seischab in Nuremburg in about 1922. The camera body, which is metal and painted in a black crackle finish, is dominated by a magazine for 7.5 metres of film, sufficient for 400 exposures. The film is loaded by removing the base of the camera. The lens is a Steinheil Cassar 50 mm f/3.5, and the shutter a dial-set Compur with speeds 1 - 1/300 second, plus 'B' and 'T'. The camera has a helical focusing. There is a folding frame finder on the top (which looks back-to-front, with the wide frame at the rear, and a centring aid at the front).
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- Esco (described as Model I) in the highlights of the sale Photographica and Film, on 26 April 20088, by Auction Team Breker.
- Esco sold at the 23rd Westlicht Photographica Auction, on 25 May 2013.
