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Philippe Gauthier
7-Mar-2006, 11:37
I've bought this 4x5 camera more than two years ago and despite my best attempts, I was never able to identify it. It does look a lot like an old Korona form the 1920-1930's, except that the front standard does not move along the rail (not front focus - it features all the other four movements, however). Here are some pictures that will hopefully help you.



For those of you who wonder, the lens is a german Laack Anastigmat Pololyt 135/4.5, quite an oddity by itself, with very little info on the net.



http://www.tintagel.ca/album_picm.php?pic_id=143
http://www.tintagel.ca/album_picm.php?pic_id=144
http://www.tintagel.ca/album_picm.php?pic_id=145
http://www.tintagel.ca/album_picm.php?pic_id=146

Steve Hamley
7-Mar-2006, 12:14
Phillipe,

I can't see your pictures, but, it's not one of these is it?

http://www.fiberq.com/cam/gundlach/crit.htm

http://www.fiberq.com/cam/gundlach/home.htm

http://www.fiberq.com/cam/gundlach/pict.htm

Steve

Philippe Gauthier
7-Mar-2006, 12:36
Can't see them, really? Any others who can't?

Anyway, I've known the site you suggest for ages and while the cameras you point to often look strikingly familiar to me, there are always some differences; usually the most similar cameras in the Korona line were not made in 4x5 size (and there is no mention of the 2x3 reducing back that I also own).

MIke Sherck
7-Mar-2006, 12:45
When I try to view the images I receive the message, "Non autorisé".

Philippe Gauthier
7-Mar-2006, 12:50
Can you see them now?

Donald Brewster
7-Mar-2006, 13:01
I can see the pix. It looks like a B&J to me, but I've been known to be wrong before.

Philippe Gauthier
7-Mar-2006, 13:15
The trouble is that it does not look like the old B&J models depicted on www.fiberq.com - perhaps a later model?

Nicholas
7-Mar-2006, 13:24
Looks like an old Century, made of cherry, formats were 7x5, 4x5, 8x10, and quarterplate. Produced in the 1800's through the early 1900's and the company was bought out and re-named and eventually became Graflex.

Donald Brewster
7-Mar-2006, 13:25
Yeah, maybe a later model. It also has a certain resemblance to the Korona Pictorial View. It is a bit of a puzzler. Obviously a nice camera.

Joseph O'Neil
7-Mar-2006, 13:31
Quote: "When I try to view the images I receive the message, "Non autorisé".

Odds are, it's a setting in the security or privacy of your web browser and / or firewall. Try toggling "allow images from thrid party websites" - or something to that effect under your optics or settings / preferences in your web browser. These setting can make a big differnce when you are surfing not just here, but other web sites.

joe

Philippe Gauthier
7-Mar-2006, 14:45
The thing is, old Century all had front focus, while the Korona Pictorial View, while very close to my camera, had a completely different rail and folding system. It is very puzzling.

The "non autorisé" mention probably came from my own web site, when I posted the pictures. There is little chance that Mike's brower would display a French language warning, while my own site probably would (I changed a setting to allow everyone to see the pictures from this temporary picture folder).

Nick_3536
7-Mar-2006, 15:30
Could it be Canadian made? Wouldn't that throw everybody for a loop. Outside of the long track it doesn't look that different from my Ansco 5x7.

Philippe Gauthier
7-Mar-2006, 16:19
I have no clue. I bought it in the US through a certain auction site, but for what I know it could be canadian, or even european built. It certainly came fitted with a german lens of obscure origin.

David G. Gagnon
7-Mar-2006, 19:59
My money's on it being a Korona. There were several iterations of them while they were being made. (I've had two of them and looked at a TON of others of them of eBay.

DG