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* Ensign 2¼ B (folding) | * Ensign 2¼ B (folding) | ||
* Ensign All-Distance 20 (box) | * Ensign All-Distance 20 (box) | ||
| − | * Ensign Auto-Range 220 (folder) | + | * Ensign Auto-Range 220 (rangefinder folder) |
| − | * Ensign Auto-Range 16-20 (folder) | + | * Ensign Auto-Range 16-20 (rangefinder folder) |
* Ensign box 2¼ B | * Ensign box 2¼ B | ||
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* Ensign Cameo / Super-Speed Cameo (folding, plate) | * Ensign Cameo / Super-Speed Cameo (folding, plate) | ||
* Ensign Carbine (large range of folders) | * Ensign Carbine (large range of folders) | ||
| + | * Ensign Commando (rangefinder folder) | ||
* Ensign Cupid (small viewfinder camera) | * Ensign Cupid (small viewfinder camera) | ||
* Ensign Double-8 (folding, 3x4 on 127) | * Ensign Double-8 (folding, 3x4 on 127) | ||
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* Ensign Special Reflex (large plate SLR) | * Ensign Special Reflex (large plate SLR) | ||
* Ensign Watch Pocket Carbine (folder) | * Ensign Watch Pocket Carbine (folder) | ||
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* Houghton Ensign Tropical (large wooden SLR) | * Houghton Ensign Tropical (large wooden SLR) | ||
* J-B Ensign (box) | * J-B Ensign (box) | ||
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*[http://www.vieilalbum.com/EnsignE29US.htm Ensign E29 camera] at The Old Album [http://www.vieilalbum.com] | *[http://www.vieilalbum.com/EnsignE29US.htm Ensign E29 camera] at The Old Album [http://www.vieilalbum.com] | ||
* [http://www.ensign.demon.co.uk/multexpage.htm Ensign Multex] on Ensign Camera site | * [http://www.ensign.demon.co.uk/multexpage.htm Ensign Multex] on Ensign Camera site | ||
| + | * [http://www.ensign.demon.co.uk/commando.htm Ensign Commando] on Ensign Camera site | ||
[[Category:UK]] | [[Category:UK]] | ||
[[Category:camera makers]] | [[Category:camera makers]] | ||
Revision as of 01:10, 22 April 2008
Houghton-Butcher Manufacturing Co. Ltd. was the manufacturer of the camera brand Ensign. It was based London. It derived from the merger of the old optical company Houghton with W. Butcher and Sons Ltd. in the year 1915. In 1939 it introduced the Ensign Ful-Vue box camera, one of the most popular cameras of its time in the UK. In 1945 the company should be liquidated, but with film maker Elliot and Sons Ltd. (film brand "Barnet") as new partner it survived for a while as Barnet Ensign Ltd. . In 1948 Ross and Barnet Ensign were merged to Barnet Ensign Ross (later Ross-Ensign).
There was a vast range of Ensign cameras.
Ensign Cameras
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| Ranger II |
- All-Distance Ensign (large range of box & folders)
- Ensign 16-20 (4.5x6cm folder)
- Ensign 12-20 (folder)
- Ensign 2¼ A box ("Ton Box")
- Ensign 2¼ B (folding)
- Ensign All-Distance 20 (box)
- Ensign Auto-Range 220 (rangefinder folder)
- Ensign Auto-Range 16-20 (rangefinder folder)
- Ensign box 2¼ B
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| Fulvueflex |
- Ensign Cameo / Super-Speed Cameo (folding, plate)
- Ensign Carbine (large range of folders)
- Ensign Commando (rangefinder folder)
- Ensign Cupid (small viewfinder camera)
- Ensign Double-8 (folding, 3x4 on 127)
- Ensign Duo-Design 2¼ B (box)
- Ensign E20 (box)
- Ensign E29 (box)
- Ensign Ful-Vue (pseudo-TLR)
- Ensign Klito No.0 (folding, plate)
- Ensign Klito No.1 (falling plate box)
- Ensign Klito No.4 (falling plate box)
- Ensign Klito Junior (folding, plate)
- Ensign Mayfair (box)
- Ensign Midget (strut folder)
- Ensign Multex (range of rangefinder roll-film cameras, vaguely Leica-inspired)
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| Ensign Tropical |
- Ensign Pocket (large range of folders)
- Ensign Ranger (range of folders)
- Ensign Selfix (large range of folders)
- Ensign Singlo (folder)
- Ensign Special Reflex (large plate SLR)
- Ensign Watch Pocket Carbine (folder)
- Ensignette (strut folder)
- Houghton Ensign Tropical (large wooden SLR)
- J-B Ensign (box)
- Ross-Ensign Ful-vue Super (pseudo-TLR)
- Ross-Ensign Fulvueflex (pseudo-TLR)
- Ross-Ensign Snapper (folder)
There was also a range of Ensign cine cameras.
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The Ensign name was revived in the 1980s for some 110 cameras.
| British companies | ||
| Adams & Co. | Agilux | Aldis | APeM | Aptus | Artima | Barnet Ensign | Beard | Beck | Benetfink | Billcliff | Boots | British Ferrotype | Butcher | Chapman | Cooke | Corfield | Coronet | Dallmeyer | Dekko | De Vere | Dixons | Dollond | Elliott | Gandolfi | Gnome | Griffiths | G. Hare | Houghtons | Houghton-Butcher | Hunter | Ilford | Jackson | Johnson | Kentmere | Kershaw-Soho | Kodak Ltd. | Lancaster | Lejeune and Perken | Lizars | London & Paris Optic & Clock Company | Marion | Marlow | Meagher | MPP | Neville | Newman & Guardia | Pearson and Denham | Perken, Son and Company | Perken, Son & Rayment | Photopia | Purma | Reid & Sigrist | Reynolds and Branson | Ross | Ross Ensign | Sanderson | Sands & Hunter | Shackman | Shew | Soho | Standard Cameras Ltd | Taylor-Hobson | Thornton-Pickard | Underwood | United | Watkins | Watson | Wynne's Infallible | Wray |
Links
- Ensign history at ensign.demon
- Ensign history and folding cameras at ozcamera [1]
- an Ensign Selfix at Mario Groleau's [2]
- Ensign Handbook of Photography at www.butkus.org [3]
- Cameras at www.collection-appareils.com [4]
- Ensign E29 camera at The Old Album [5]
- Ensign Multex on Ensign Camera site
- Ensign Commando on Ensign Camera site
