It doesn't get much simpler than this. I like to think of my Ansco Panda 20 camera as a Holga predecessor. However, unlike the Holga, the Panda 20 doesn't have multiple apertures, shutter speeds, flash contacts, or a focusable lens, but it does produce stunning toy camera type photographs!

Nope, all you get here is the most basic of TLR style box cameras. Features include:

• Brilliant waist level viewfinder
• Fixed focus f/16 lens at 60mm focal length
  
• Single self-cocking shutter (no time or bulb provision)
• Nifty built-in faux-shoelace neckstrap
• Takes 620 film

Ansco of Binghamton NY obviously introduced the plastic Panda in the 1950s to compete with some of Kodak's cheaper Brownie models such as the Baby Brownie or the Brownie Holiday. A good friend and fellow camera collector brought one of these out with us one day when we were shooting some of our vintage cameras and I was so taken by the simple design and small size that I just had to get one for myself. I have such a soft spot in my heart for neglected 620 cameras!

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All photographs © 2007 James M. Surprenant