Originally Posted by
Dan Fromm
I'm with Jason. Aerial camera lens. Most likely format was 9"x9" so its probably a bit short of coverage for 11x14.
The VM says that UU and VV prefixes for Air Ministry/War Department lenses' serial numbers mean that Dallmeyer made it. 14A/3140 decodes as "product class 14A" contract 3140. 14A seems to mean optical goods.
Jim, its been a while but I think I've held an example of your monster in my hands. I unscrewed the cells from the barrel, counted reflections carefully, found 4 strong, no weak in the front cell; 2 strong, 1 weak in the rear. This means tessar type.
IMO these things are so hard to use on a camera that their best use is as paperweights. YMMV.
Cheers,
Dan
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