The shutter is a Wollensak automatic (not working). I can read rapid convertible on the barrel and it appears to be made in Chicago. Also, the maker looks something like ALPHxxxxxxxxxxxxxSEN SUPPLY CO. Any ideas?
The shutter is a Wollensak automatic (not working). I can read rapid convertible on the barrel and it appears to be made in Chicago. Also, the maker looks something like ALPHxxxxxxxxxxxxxSEN SUPPLY CO. Any ideas?
More than likely one of the early convertibles lens made by Wollensak, perhaps for Sears, aka SERCO. Possibly made for a 5x7 plate camera, but probably a 4x5 one. Check Seth's website....
http://www.cameraeccentric.com/html/info.html
Happy hunting....Jon
It says 6 #/# X 5 1/2 on it, so I guess that's the size it was designed to cover (I can't read the first fraction and I don't know much about plate sizes, but it looks like 6 1/2 x 5 1/2).
Looks like "alph" may be "ralph". Size is likely 6 1/2 x 8 1/2. My guess FWIW is that it's a rebranded rapid rectilinear.
I'll bet it says Ralph Golsen Supply. They were a distributor in Chicago, Ill.
I'll second the 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 which would be full plate.
Wayne
It's pretty whatever it is. Get it on a camera and let us see what it makes.
Well, I discovered another pair of cells that fit this shutter. They are Wollensak wide angle types with 6-1/2 x 8-1/2 etched on the rim. I mounted it up on my Deardorff and it appears to make images as I would expect. I put the other cells on and they likewise made images and so I then put one WA and one of the longer cells in combo and even that made a respectable image. Right after trying all of this the shutter finally failed to open and so for any of this to work well enough to test with film, I will have to get the shutter repaired.
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