cyberjunkie
13-Apr-2011, 20:38
I have always been very curious about the source of my unnamed Petzvals.
I even had the idea to take a few pictures and submit them to the forum experts out there, but i couldn't make me do it.
Then, browsing the bay for old lenses, i found the twin brother of one of my Petzvals!
Here it is:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270732369010
Of course the informations provided by the vendor are not of great help: the inscriptions on the focusing tube report the name of the USA agent, nothing more.
Do anybody recognize a particular construction feature that could point to the actual maker of the lens?
The production must be european, i purchased the lens in Italy. It could be of french, swiss or austrian import, but it could have been made in Germany or Great Britain as well... :)
I have seen a similar focusing knob in Darlot lenses, but i didn't find anything penciled on the outside of the glasses, when i dissenbled the lens for cleaning.
have fun
CJ
I even had the idea to take a few pictures and submit them to the forum experts out there, but i couldn't make me do it.
Then, browsing the bay for old lenses, i found the twin brother of one of my Petzvals!
Here it is:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270732369010
Of course the informations provided by the vendor are not of great help: the inscriptions on the focusing tube report the name of the USA agent, nothing more.
Do anybody recognize a particular construction feature that could point to the actual maker of the lens?
The production must be european, i purchased the lens in Italy. It could be of french, swiss or austrian import, but it could have been made in Germany or Great Britain as well... :)
I have seen a similar focusing knob in Darlot lenses, but i didn't find anything penciled on the outside of the glasses, when i dissenbled the lens for cleaning.
have fun
CJ