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Designed by the same guy that designed the “Lucky Strike” cigarette package. The Anscoflex II is all metal and features a close-up lens and built in, user-selectable yellow filter.
Hay Wheels – Belchertown, Ma
The camera has double-exposure prevention and a bright viewfinder. That red button opens the film compartment. The camera requires 620 film.
In my opinion the Anscoflex II and its brother The Anscoflex, are the most stylish cameras ever made. Maybe you know they were designed by Raymond Loewy. Maybe not.
Either way. You could look it up.
I did a lousy job re-spooling the first roll of 120. Too loose and wrinkly, but the effect is kind of cool here.
The polished and hammered aluminum pieces go well with the psychiatric ward green paint.
The filter is yellow. it does a good job of whitening a smoker’s teeth.
The close up button is for close ups. If you want to use the yellow filter and the close up feature together, you can !
The metallic red shutter button is very cool. It’s nicely beveled to accept your trigger finger. The back release button matches the shutter release button
The viewfinder is really bright. I swear it shows your scene brighter than it really is. I think the Anscoflex has a light amplification system. I really do.
The back release button matches the shutter release button.
The big knob kind of ratchets the film to the next frame while resetting the shutter and unlocking the shutter button.
No double exposures here !
The camera ads claims “distortion-free” pictures. Come on, Mister Ansco !!
The ads also says the camera is two-tone gray. Gray ? It’s green ferchrissakes. And it ain’t two-toned.
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