hotwater
3-Feb-2011, 13:44
Hi all,
I am moving down from 8x10 (KMV on CL) to 4x5 and have been shopping for bits. I stumbled on this odd B&J Grover on ebay with an old Tessar 210mm lens. While I have owned a few Grovers in my time I had never seen one like this, so, I bought it, for 72 bucks. It arrived today. First, it weighs a ton, the standards are chrome plated steel as are the carriages. The rail is not geared (friction focus ) and of light aluminum tube. The front takes 4x4 boards and is cast aluminum. the back is cast aluminum with a cool rotating system. the rear standard also has what B&J called extreme bellows plates. The knobs are larger and a little differnt than what I have had as well. Anybody have any idea what vintage this is? The Tessar is apparently from 1909 according to the good folks in the lens forum. If you use the zoom feature you can see most of the detail. Below is the ebay link
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...K%3AMEWNX%3AIT
Best Regards
Bill
I am moving down from 8x10 (KMV on CL) to 4x5 and have been shopping for bits. I stumbled on this odd B&J Grover on ebay with an old Tessar 210mm lens. While I have owned a few Grovers in my time I had never seen one like this, so, I bought it, for 72 bucks. It arrived today. First, it weighs a ton, the standards are chrome plated steel as are the carriages. The rail is not geared (friction focus ) and of light aluminum tube. The front takes 4x4 boards and is cast aluminum. the back is cast aluminum with a cool rotating system. the rear standard also has what B&J called extreme bellows plates. The knobs are larger and a little differnt than what I have had as well. Anybody have any idea what vintage this is? The Tessar is apparently from 1909 according to the good folks in the lens forum. If you use the zoom feature you can see most of the detail. Below is the ebay link
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...K%3AMEWNX%3AIT
Best Regards
Bill