Steve Hamley
11-Aug-2011, 14:34
Folks,
I recently glommed a 12" (305mm) f:4.5 B&J Carl Meyer Tessar in Betax #5, mostly for the shutter since it was an attractive price. The glass is actually very nice, single coated and almost perfect, with the original black crinkle front metal lens cap. The aperture scale is engraved and not an added plate, so the shutter is probably the original. The serial is 79428.
Does anyone have any information on who made these? B&L? Are they recycled WWII lenses or something else? I always thought that the Betax shutters were mostly pre-war, although B&J could certainly have had a bunch of them laying around.
jpeg attached, and TIA.
Cheers, Steve
I recently glommed a 12" (305mm) f:4.5 B&J Carl Meyer Tessar in Betax #5, mostly for the shutter since it was an attractive price. The glass is actually very nice, single coated and almost perfect, with the original black crinkle front metal lens cap. The aperture scale is engraved and not an added plate, so the shutter is probably the original. The serial is 79428.
Does anyone have any information on who made these? B&L? Are they recycled WWII lenses or something else? I always thought that the Betax shutters were mostly pre-war, although B&J could certainly have had a bunch of them laying around.
jpeg attached, and TIA.
Cheers, Steve