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R.W.G
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, September 10, 2005 - 12:50 pm: | 
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THE BOOK states the ensign 820 autorange cameras came with an unspecified variety of lens/shutter combinations, but a ZEISS? My camera looks to be untouched. Anyone know for sure if such a lens/shutter was fitted to the 820 autorange? |
[email protected]
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, September 11, 2005 - 08:34 am: |
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I don't know the lens/shutter combos of the Ensign 820, but in general it is no problem to fit a lens with matching focal length and/or a shutter with matching rear tube diameter to other folding cameras. |
Francis Otto
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, September 11, 2005 - 01:53 pm: |
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I have an Ensign Selfix 220 with a Schneider Xenar lens in a Compur shutter and Adrian Richmond's Ensign Camera history site lists the Autorange as having, among other lenses, the Tessar (Ross had, after all, been a licensee for Tessars up to WWI).
Francis Otto |
Roger Provins
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, September 12, 2005 - 10:16 am: |
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I have an Ensign 420 with a Tessar. There's couple of photos on my website http://www.provins.org.uk Second page of vintage folders.
Roger |
R.W.G
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, September 12, 2005 - 12:02 pm: |
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Thanks to all. Looks like I won't need to do a lens/shutter transplant after all|! |
