Tony Kemplen on the...Ensign Selfix 16/20
Amateur Photographer|July 18, 2023
A neat little English folding camera from around 1950 that takes 120 film
Tony Kemplen
Tony Kemplen on the...Ensign Selfix 16/20

The Selfix 16/20 is a folding camera that uses still widely available roll film. It was made by Houghton and Butcher, later renamed Ensign, a well-established British camera firm which was active over several decades, finally ceasing production in 1961. One of its popular ranges, introduced in 1933, went under the name of Selfix, and was available up until 1953 with various sizes and specifications. These folding cameras take the standard 120 film, which could be used to make 8, 12 or 16 negatives per roll, with sizes of 9x6, 6x6 and 4.5x6cm respectively. The '16' in the name denotes the number of exposures possible. Larger format models are quite heavy to cart around, but this Selfix 16/20 is eminently pocketable.

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