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Post by greyhoundman on Nov 20, 2006 13:44:19 GMT -5
Can any of our UK experts tell me about the Ensign Greyhound folder. I believe it is 8 shots on 120, it's grey, and old.  I just bought one for the wife to put on the shelf. Now I need to know what the heck I bought. LOL |
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Post by physiognomy on Nov 20, 2006 14:11:45 GMT -5
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Post by John Parry on Nov 20, 2006 16:02:49 GMT -5
One for PeterW (who's been away for a wedding.) I think.
I like the Ensigns (I have a nice trio of Fulvues). I just wish they'd gone upmarket towards the end instead of down.
Regards - John
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Post by greyhoundman on Nov 20, 2006 16:07:39 GMT -5
Well, I gave 10 pounds with shipping to London. A friend will ship it to me from there.
I'll probably run a roll through it when it gets here.
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Post by greyhoundman on Dec 7, 2006 19:34:50 GMT -5
My Ensign will be coming to me soon. It appears to be in good shape. I guess I'll see how good it shoots when it arrives   |
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Post by physiognomy on Dec 8, 2006 19:39:28 GMT -5
I love the aperture (?) settings... I could do with some simplification like that! Peter |
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Post by PeterW on Dec 8, 2006 20:28:21 GMT -5
I did reply, but either I clicked on the wrong button to post it, or I posted it in the wrong place on the Board, or it disappeared into space somewhere, so here goes again.
I don't really know a lot about the Greyhound even though I had one many years ago. As I recall it got its name from the colour - grey bellows and grey body, which was either grey crackle paint or grey leatherette, I forget which now.
It was made, I think, in the 1930s, and I think the lens was a variant of the Rapid Rectilinear with a maximum aperture of f/8, and the other stops were around f/11 and f/16. The I, for Instantaneous, on the shutter was probably about 1/30sec.
As I recall, mine took some quite reasonable pictures, about the same standard as simple Kodak folders of the time, but I've no idea where they, or the camera, are now, I haven't seen either for yonks, probably up in the loft in one of a number of cardboard boxes which my daughter in law calls Dad's junk collection.
HBM on the shutter, as you probably know, stands for Houghton-Butcher Manufacturing Company which used Ensign as its trade mark, and this later became the company name.
Ensign, though they were a big company, never had quite the marketing clout of Kodak, and I don't think all that many Greyhounds were made. I imagine most people who bought an Ensign folder went for the more up-market Selfix range. Certainly you don't see many Greyhounds about. In fact I don't remember ever seeing another one in the metal, but it's a nice piece of UK camera history. I hope you're pleased with thye results when you get it.
See if I can click on the right button for posting this time.
PeterW
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Post by greyhoundman on Dec 8, 2006 21:39:21 GMT -5
Thank you much. I kind of figured on needing some 50iso film. The wife wants a picture of each of our greys with the Ensign. Then it can join the greyhound ale glasses on the shelf. LOL
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