Envoy wide angle (L)

Envoy wide angle (L) (image 1/1)
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nice condition for its age The Envoy Wide Angle is not, strictly, an Ilford camera, as it was not badged with the Ilford name. However, since it was manufactured by the same company making the cheap, plastic, Ilford Envoy box camera (Photo Developments Ltd; Leonard Road, Handsworth, Birmingham 19, England), it is usually associated with Ilford Ltd. Also, Ilford marketed the Envoy Wide Angle through their General Catalogue of Photographic Materials. The Envoy Wide Angle is not to be confused in any way with the cheap amateur Ilford Envoy box camera; it was a specialist precision instrument used by professionsals. As its name suggests, the Envoy Wide Angle was a camera specially designed for wide-angle photography and is believed to have been sold throughout the 1950s. It takes 8 off 2¼" x 3¼" (conventionally referred to as 6 x 9cm) images on 120 or 620 roll film or used 2½" x 3½" plates in single metal holders. The body is of die-cast metal with a leather covering, of overall size 4¾" x 3¾" x 2½" (12cm x 9.5cm x 6.5cm) and weighs 17ounces (480grammes). The viewfinder is a simple open wire frame 'sports finder' type, with parallax adjustment on the rear sight. The lens is a bloomed f6.5 Taylor, Taylor, Hobson Ltd of 64mm focal length, of 4-element construction. The acceptance angle is 82degrees, the equivalent of a 25mm focal length read more
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