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Memo Regular Model, f/6.3 fixed focus

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Ansco
DESIGNER: Bornmann, Carl
NATIONALITY: American
PLACE MANUFACTURED: US, NY, Binghamton
INTRODUCTION DATE: 1927
FILM TYPE: 35mm rollfilm
IMAGE SIZE: 18 x 23mm
FUNCTIONAL TYPES:
  35mm (other)
  half-frame 35
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS:
  40mm f/6.3 Ilex Cinemat
  40mm f/6.3 Wollensak Cine-Velostigmat
INTEGRATED SHUTTER: Yes

NOTES:
  "intro. 1927. Half-frame 35mm camera. Wooden vertical box body with
  leather covering. Tubular optical finder on top. Makes 50 exposures
  18x23mm on 35mm film in special cassettes which were originally made
  of wood. 40mm f6.3 Wollensak Cine-Velostigmat or Ilex Cinemat lens.
  Sliding button on back for film advance, automatic exposure counter."
  McKeown, 1994.

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: A6175.00029

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: McKeown, Jim & McKeown, Joan. --McKeown's Price Guide to Antique & Classic Cameras: 1995-1996.-- Grantsburg, WI: Centennial Photo, 1994. pp 66.//

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Memo Regular Model, f/6.3 fixed focus

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