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What could be found has been pulled together here:
http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Fabriek_van_Fotografische_Producten_Amsterdam

Any further info and other examples are much welcome

That's certainly a possibility and had occurred to me. What makes me wonder is why there is so little on them. With Manufrance we have catalogues and lots of other data..will keep digging of course..

Another question to the collective wisdom here…

I have in hand an 11cm f/6.8 brass-bound Anastigmat Symètrique by the French maker AFR Paris. There are a few AFR lenses on the net, and there is a...

sure…. ;)

WOW, so you redo the balsam.. hard to do?

and sorry you ran into a flower/fern type balsam problem…the Amsterdam lens also suffers from that see here...

Very nice Steven... yes that internal knurled ring which is almost flush with the back of the mount is like the way the Amsterdam lens is made (see here).
This a rabbit hole worth chasing down...my ...

Hi Steven
Thanks for the comment… indeed, not totally clear what they were producing, as little information seems to be available on them.


and yes, I too think that the high serial number is...

I have in hand an

„Astra“ Aplanastigmaat F8 nº 2

a brass lens made by the 'Fabriek van Fotografische Producten, Amsterdam' in the Netherlands

Images of the lens and its construction can be...

Further research seems to suggest that Konishi used the 'Castle' brand name for some of its products, such as photo paper which was first sold as 'Sakura' and from 1911 was called "Castle" (カッスルPOP):...

In this case R[okuemon] Konishi of Tokyo are the dealers and the lens is marked 'KONISHI.'

In addition to the Castle lenses mentioned above, Konishi offered Dallmeyer, Goerz, Ross, Wollensak,...

Hi all,
has anyone ever heard of a Castle's Rapid Universal Lens?
I found the R Konishi Rapid Rectilinear f/8 lens I was trying to identify
(see here:...

I am right now in the same boat as I am struggling to ID the maker (as opposed to distributor) of this lens:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/heritagefutures/8694954016/

Can you post some photos, please?

I am shooting Widelux and am using my standard Gitzo tripod with quick release, never had an issue...

Excellent! What size is yours? same, 12 Inch?
That lens of Richard's is an amazingly low serial!

yep, I can see your point on the optical side of things...
still, would love to see how many early A Ross are out there, aport from what's listed here
will see what others might know...I am in no...

Thanks Steven, that's what I feared from the price side. Still, surely 1850s Ross lenses aren't that common..no collectors out there?

More photos of the lens ca be found here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/heritagefutures/sets/72157629449309381/

Hi,

I have in hand a Petzval -Design Portrait Lens marked A Ross London with sn 4703

http://www.flickr.com/photos/heritagefutures/6781703948/

I am trying to get more detail on the nature of...

12 x 16.5 is a Japanese kabine format
http://camerapedia.org/wiki/Kabine