[LRflex] CAts and Ensignette
- From: KEITH LONGMORE <keith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2007 18:35:49 +0100
Hi Philippe
The cats photo: nice picture of a stone wall !! ;-) I looked at the
previous two, the monastery and the cows. I liked the cows best. Very
atmospheric!
Now the Ensignette: I have one of those, too. They were made by
Houghton's who also made the Ticka among others. Although the patent
was 1907, none were produced before 1909 when they were the first
all-British mass-produced all-metal camera. AP rated them very highly.
A better model, the Ensignette 2 appeared in 1912, and that had better
lens and shutter, and a bigger negative. Two other models appeared
around 1922, and production finally ceased in 1927. The post WWI
version had a light aluminium body rather than the heavy brass one.
They sold in their tens of thousands - quite an achievement then!
A few silver-plated ones were made, and they are very valuable now.
Unfortunately, mine isn't one of those.... :'( and I guess yours isn't,
either...
Does yours work? Mine sort of works, but I wouldn't try it, because the
bellows is probably holed.
Hope that helps.
Cheers
Keith
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