Does anyone have any experience of this lens, it's the older f9 version. I picked it up yesterday quite cheap (£20/$31) and optically it's in excellent condition with a smotth & accurate Dial-set Compur. It may well have been serviced/repaired and uncollected as it's had a new cable release socket fitter and is from the stock of a retired repair man. The shutter also has a dual aperture scale as the lens can also be split.
Meyer's sales literature from 1927 states it covers whole plate - 6½"x8½" - wide open with 4" rise, it seems to cover 10x8 as well which has surprised me.
If anyone else has one I'd appreciate some photographs of the aperture scales as the paintwork on the shutter's in poor condition. The top scale for use as a wide-angle is all there but some of the scale used split has worn off. The other scales on the bottom are worn away completely.
Ian
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