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James Driscoll
27-Sep-2003, 15:16
This came in a box of stuff a while ago...no clue what it is.

HELP PLEASE!!!

I know it is an adapter board to mount Linhof Boards, but what is its MOTHER camera???

Thanks

http://www.geocities.com/jadriscoll2/what_is_it_01.jpg
James Driscoll
27-Sep-2003, 15:17
rear view

http://www.geocities.com/jadriscoll2/what_is_it_03.jpg
David A. Goldfarb
27-Sep-2003, 15:34
Hard to tell from the description. HTML not happening?
James Driscoll
27-Sep-2003, 15:36
if the pictures aren't showing up:

http://www.geocities.com/jadriscoll2/what_is_it_01.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/jadriscoll2/what_is_it_02.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/jadriscoll2/what_is_it_03.jpg
Bill_1856
27-Sep-2003, 16:04
It's got to be from a ((((())))) camera. Don't see them much, anymore.
Neal Shields
27-Sep-2003, 16:32
The style and tapered edge make me think of a Deardorff V8. Is it 6"x6"?

Neal
James Driscoll
27-Sep-2003, 16:38
The lensboard measures 5 1/8" x 5 1/8".

The style and color remind me of a Lotus, but I remember from the retail world...that the Lotus lens boards say Lotus on the back.
Richard Knoppow
28-Sep-2003, 00:13
If its 6x6 inches its a generic board which fits the 8x10 Kodak 2D and All Metal View cameras, late Agfa/Ansco, Burke & James and some other 8x10 cameras. It will NOT fit a Deardorff because they have rounded edges. If its not 6x6 please post the size.
James Driscoll
28-Sep-2003, 10:43
Richard, I posted the size yesterday....it is right above your post.

It is 5 1/8" x 5 1/8" and has square corners and the bottom has a tapered edge.

Pictures can be found at:

http://www.geocities.com/jadriscoll2/what_is_it_01.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/jadriscoll2/what_is_it_02.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/jadriscoll2/what_is_it_03.jpg
David Vickery
29-Sep-2003, 09:38
Well, I was going to say a 5x7 Ansco field camera. But the hardware looks modern, so it could be an old board that someone modified and did a good job of coverting it into the adapter board that it is now. Or it could be a more modern board but I don't know who made it if it is.
James Driscoll
29-Sep-2003, 16:41
Well, I was going to say a 5x7 Ansco field camera. But the hardware looks modern, so it could be an old board that someone modified and did a good job of coverting it into the adapter board that it is now. Or it could be a more modern board but I don't know who made it if it is.

It may sound odd....but the board doesn't feel like an "old" board. The finish and the "feel" of it strike me as something that is more in line with having been built in the last 10 years.



I would have never thought it was this hard to ID a lens board. Maybe dagor77 would know???
Richard Knoppow
29-Sep-2003, 23:16
I didn't see the dimensions the first time. If its 5-1/8th square I am stumped. If its 5-1/4 square it will fit a 5x7 Agfa/Ansco Universal View or an 8x10 Korona Criterion View, maybe some others. The board may well not be old. Adaptors like this are generally made up by someone for their own use. I have adaptors for both of my Agfa/Ansco cameras to take 4x4" Graphic lens boards, one I found at a sale, one I made. Lensboards come in all shapes and sizes. Probably the most common are 4x4 inch and 6x6 inch, but there are all sorts of variations, not all of them square.
James Driscoll
30-Sep-2003, 16:10
Well, I sent a picture to Lotus View Cameras...and this was the response



Dear Mr Discroll,



yes this lens board looks quite familiar ...
I will ask my colleague from the workshop this afternoon and tell you the
news then.



With greetings from foggy Austria,



Lotus View Camera
Maja Ströbele



So hopefully we will get to the bottom of this!!!