Ensign Focal Plane Camera - Antique and Vintage Cameras

Ensign Focal Plane Camera

c. 1914

Houghtons Ltd

London

England

Image of Ensign Focal Plane Camera

Lens:
f4.5, 5" Cooke Series II, iris diaphragm to f16. Serial no. 67058 .

Shutter:
Focal-plane, speeds 1/15 - 1/1000, B, T. Self-capping.

Construction:
Leather covered wood body, unpleated leather bellows.

Format:
3 ¼" x 4 ¼" plates held in slides.

Focusing:
Helical to 2 yards.

Attributes:
Frame view-finder.

Movements:
Cross front.

Serial Number:
2208 .

With:
Focusing screen back. Film pack adapter. Strap. Case.

Although this camera was on sale for over 10 years it could not have proved popular as few are seen today. It was brought out just before World War I and billed as the press camera of the future. It folded into a small space and was quick to erect. In form it is virtually an Ensign Folding Reflex model D with the hood and the mirror/screen removed. Two sizes were listed 9 x 12 cm and quarter-plate. Several lenses were listed as available prior to the war. The price in 1914 was £13.15.0. Earlier models had a lowest shutter speed of 1/10 rather than 1/15.

References & Notes:
BP 16353/1906. BP 15548/1908. BP 27461/1910. BJA 1915, pp. 218D, 558. BJA 1919, p. 135. Ensign Handbook, p. 50. Houghtons Cat. 1914, p. 237.

Further Information:
Coe, Cameras, p.47.


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