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    Re: collecting for stupid reason....

    Just looked up the Lucidograph as I didn't know it. What a elegant design - must have been the impetus for the self-casing cameras that followed later!

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    Re: collecting for stupid reason....

    Lucidograph is "Light-Writer' in Greek.

    See my friend Rob's site where he has a nice article on the Blair Lucidograph

    http://antiquewoodcameras.com/luci01.htm

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    Re: collecting for stupid reason....

    That was the photo and write-up I found!

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    Re: collecting for stupid reason....

    Quote Originally Posted by CCHarrison View Post
    Lucidograph is "Light-Writer' in Greek.


    Dan
    are you sure?

    many, many names comes from a mix between Greek and latin, and I found this info:

    "Lucido, from Latin lucidus ‘lucid’, ‘shining’."

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    Re: collecting for stupid reason....

    How about futuristic sounding names:

    Protar, Xenar, Apo-Lanthar, Hyperion, Artar, ...
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    Re: collecting for stupid reason....

    See, this is why not having disposable income is so much better; I can only buy what I need. Heh.

    If I did, though, I'd probably be more apt to collect based on two things: focal lengths that I'd actually use and names I find interesting. I really love trying lenses, so I'm not really opposed to spending money on something that is a little...odd.

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    Lucidograph = Light Writer.

    I am only sure of this to the extent that the Blair Camera company has published this "fact" in its catalogues c. 1890.

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    Re: collecting for stupid reason....

    Quote Originally Posted by Richard K. View Post
    How about futuristic sounding names:

    Protar, Xenar, Apo-Lanthar, Hyperion, Artar, ...
    Protar from profession

    Xenar a derivation from Xenon, another Schneider lens, named after the in 1898 discovered noble gas Xenon. Schneider was founded in 1912

    Apo from apochromatic "without colors" or "free of color seams"

    Lanthar from lanthanium a glass-additive

    Hyperion is another name for the god of the sun

    Artar a lens for the graphic arts

    Peter
    (from latin petrus the rock)

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    Re: collecting for stupid reason....

    No Peter, petrus comes from the Greek, not latin... but it still means rock.

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    Re: collecting for stupid reason....

    Quote Originally Posted by GPS View Post
    No Peter, petrus comes from the Greek, not latin... but it still means rock.
    I thought that it was a French word for a wine that I can't afford.
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