Ansco

Explore 8 Ansco vintage camera models — specs, production history, reviews, and market values in the VTA archive.

35mm Half Frame Camera

• Memo II Automatic — A 35mm half-frame camera with auto-exposure and spring motor drive, rebadged from the Ricoh Auto Half.

Box Camera

• Century of Progress (1933) — Ansco Century of Progress (1932–1933) — a 120 film box camera made for the Chicago World's Fair. Measuring 8.3 x 10.7 x 13.7 cm, it's a collectible snapshot of 1930s souvenir culture.
• No. 2 Box camera — A basic box camera using 118 roll film, producing 3.25 x 4.25 images, with a variant sold at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair.

Camera

• Anscomark M — A rangefinder camera with interchangeable lenses, built in Japan by Ricoh for Ansco, featuring a selenium light meter and a color-coded triple-frame
• Cadet — Ansco Cadet II (1965) — gray plastic 127 film box camera with fixed-focus lens and dual aperture. Simple, collectible, under $50.
• Clipper — Ansco Clipper (1930s–1950s) — simple 616 film camera with fixed focus lens and I&B shutter. Square 2¼ negatives, collectible at under $25.
• Pix Panorama — A simple 35mm point-and-shoot camera with built-in flash and a fixed 28mm lens, marketed under both Pix Panorama and Pix Panorama Flash names.

Single Lens Reflex

• Reflex — A twin-lens reflex camera using 2-1/4 x 2-1/4 film, introduced by ANSCO in 1947 as an ambitious U.S.-made competitor to Rollei.

Other Models

• Ansco — Vintage Camera — Explore 8 Ansco vintage camera models — specs, production history, reviews, and market values in the VTA archive.
• 127 — A plastic-bodied snapshot camera made in the USA, using 127 film and featuring a fixed-focus ANSCAR lens.
• 235 — A compact 35mm point-and-shoot camera with built-in flash, produced in 1979.
• ADMIRAL — A compact twin-lens reflex–style camera made in Binghamton, NY, designed for 620 film and featuring a built-in yellow filter.
• Anscomark M — A rangefinder camera with interchangeable lenses, built in Japan by Ricoh for Ansco, featuring a selenium light meter and a color-coded triple-frame
• ANSCOSET — A 35mm rangefinder camera made by Minolta, produced in 1961 and part of a series including the Anscoset and Anscoset III.
• AUTOMATIC REFLEX — A U.S.-built twin-lens reflex camera introduced in 1947 as a domestic alternative to German TLRs.
• AUTOSET — A 35mm viewfinder camera made by Minolta and marketed by Ansco, notable for use in early spaceflight.
• Cadet — Ansco Cadet II (1965) — gray plastic 127 film box camera with fixed-focus lens and dual aperture. Simple, collectible, under $50.
• Century of Progress (1933) — Ansco Century of Progress (1932–1933) — a 120 film box camera made for the Chicago World's Fair. Measuring 8.3 x 10.7 x 13.7 cm, it's a collectible snapshot of 1930s souvenir culture.
• Clipper — Ansco Clipper (1930s–1950s) — simple 616 film camera with fixed focus lens and I&B shutter. Square 2¼ negatives, collectible at under $25.
• Memo II Automatic — A 35mm half-frame camera with auto-exposure and spring motor drive, rebadged from the Ricoh Auto Half.
• No. 2 Box camera — A basic box camera using 118 roll film, producing 3.25 x 4.25 images, with a variant sold at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair.
• Pix Panorama — A simple 35mm point-and-shoot camera with built-in flash and a fixed 28mm lens, marketed under both Pix Panorama and Pix Panorama Flash names.
• Reflex — A twin-lens reflex camera using 2-1/4 x 2-1/4 film, introduced by ANSCO in 1947 as an ambitious U.S.-made competitor to Rollei.
• Speedex — Ansco Speedex (1936–1940) folding camera with 85mm f4.5 Agnar lens on 120 film for 6x6 photos — a budget-friendly entry into medium format.