Joe Smigiel
11-May-2005, 20:56
I'm designing a full-plate camera and while looking through a box of old lenses I might use on it, I stumbled across an unkown lens I've had in storage. It is in a brass Wollensak Regno shutter and appears to be a symmetrical (?) and convertible lens. The aperture scale is marked in what I believe is the old US system as the sequence goes from f/8 to f/16 to f/32... The focal lengths listed on the shutter are 10.5", 17.5" and 23.5" and I see three reflections in the front as well as rear element groups, two are bright and a third smaller one. There are no markings on the lens.
Any idea what I have here? I'm thinking maybe it is an early 6.5 x 8.5 Voltas F/8 based on this page from a 1919 Wollensak catalog:
http://www.cameraeccentric.com/html/info/wollensakcata/voltas.html
TIA for any info.
Any idea what I have here? I'm thinking maybe it is an early 6.5 x 8.5 Voltas F/8 based on this page from a 1919 Wollensak catalog:
http://www.cameraeccentric.com/html/info/wollensakcata/voltas.html
TIA for any info.