The Ansco Reflex camera was manufactured by Ansco in circa 1947. This was Ansco introduction with a higher end TLR camera and the Ansco Automatic Reflex 35 quickly replaced this camera. The body was constructed of a metal with black pin seal leather covering and the exposed metal parts were finished in satin chrome. It was fitted with a fast f3.5 Wollensak Velostigmat, coated and color corrected lens with an 83mm focal length. Focuses from 3 feet 8 inches to infinity. An f3.5 matched viewing lens is directly coupled with the taking lens. the lens was mounted in an Ansco shutter with speeds of 1/2, 1/5, 1/10, 1/25, 1/50, 1/100, 1/200 and 1/400 of a second, plus bulb. Aperture settings were from f3.5 to f32. It was capable of capturing twelve exposures 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 inch square on standard No. 120 roll film. Other features included Synchronized flash, Film transport lever advances film and stops automatically when the next frame is reached, double exposure prevention, built-in hinged magnifier in hood for critical focusing, and an extra optical type eye-level view finder.

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