Ansco Vest Pocket N° 2 |
Version française |
Manufactured or assembled in USA from 1915 to 1928.
Index of rarity in France: Rare (among non-specialized garage sales)
Inventory number: 14716
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Chronology of cameras Ansco
The Ansco Vest Pocket (VP) is a series of folding cameras, where the flat front part is connected to the camera body by four tensioned arms. Even when the camera is in motion, this front part remains parallel to the film plane. The picture can only be taken when the arms are fully extended and locked. Once folded, the front part protects the bellows. Sometimes, the lens is protected by a cap attached to the front part with a hinge (Model No. 2), giving Ansco Vest Pocket cameras a distinctive silhouette. In this case, the cap is metallic, like the rest of the camera. Occasionally, there is an exposure table on its inner surface.
Another recurring feature of Ansco Vest Pocket cameras is their curved stand. They typically have two viewfinders to enable both vertical and horizontal shooting. The covering can be made of leather or imitation leather.
There are numerous lens combinations available, especially since models sold in France sometimes featured a locally-mounted lens. The shutter is a Wollensak. The early Bionic shutter was gradually replaced by an Actus shutter.
Number 0 is a 4.5 x 6 cm camera with fixed focus. Number 0 bis has the same format but with adjustable focus. Number 1 is a 6 x 9 cm camera using 120 film, and it has fixed focus. Number 2 is a 6 x 9 cm camera using 120 film, and it features a micrometric focusing adjustment. An Omnium Photo catalog from 1923 mentions a Vest Pocket Junior No. 1, but it's actually referring to the Vest Pocket No. 1.
Combinations available in France, based on the catalogs (non-exhaustive):
N° 0 | N° 0 bis | N° 1 | N° 2 | |
Rectiligne | 1919-24 | 1919-21 | 1920-21 | |
Achromatique | 1919-22 | 1919-21 | 1920-21 | |
Ansco Anastigmat 7.5 | 1921 | |||
Modico 7.5 | 1917-19 | |||
Photo-Plait 6.8 | 1920 | 1919 | 1917-19 | |
Berthiot Olor 6.8 | 1919-24 | 1922-23 | 1923 | 1917-23 |
Ansco Anastigmat 6.3 | 1919 | 1920-22 | ||
Photo-Plait 6.3 | 1919-24 | 1919-21 | 1921-28 | |
Roussel Stylor 6.3 | 1919-24 | 1922-23 | 1919-23 | 1920-27 |
Novac 6.3 | 1923 | 1921-23 | 1921-23 | |
Dallmeyer Perfac 6.3 | 1915 | |||
Duplouich Verax 6.3 | 1921 | |||
Krauss Tessar 6.3 | 1921-23 | |||
Hermagis 6.3 | 1924 | |||
Splendor 6.2 | 1922-24 | 1922-27 | ||
Berthiot Olor 6 | 1920-28 | |||
Krauss Tessar 5 | 1921-24 | |||
Boyer Saphir 5 | 1922 | 1922 |
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This model is the most complete in the Ansco Vest Pocket No. 2 series.
It features a carrying handle and a socket for a cable release. However, the lever attached to the rewind key, which assisted in releasing the film spool from the chamber, has been eliminated.
The design of the vertical support has been revised and now includes two articulated parts.
The user manual recommends the use of Ansco Speedex 4A film, allowing for six exposures in the 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches format.
This version is equipped with a Medico lens. The depth of field table, present in other specimens, is absent here.
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