List of portrait brass lenses

[kameraobskura]

Somewhere on this forum I came across a link to a website, a lens vade mecum-ish site about brass lenses divided into portrait, landscape etc. Can't find it, so is there anyone here who can help me?

[taulen]

This is the closes that I can think of, but it might not be the one you're looking for, but its a lot og great info on this one also : http://antiquecameras.net/blog.html

[kameraobskura]

Thanks for the link, unfortunately its not what Im looking for. The site just had a bunch if lenses (every brand known to mankind i believe) with only basic info divided into categories such as landscape and portrait..

[kameraobskura]

I found it now after arguing a lot with google. Case solved :) http://www.allenrumme.com/lensdb/DBIntro-1.html

[taulen]

ah, okay. Cool site, thanks for linking it ! =)

[Steven Tribe]

It's a long time since I had a look at these listings.

There are some obvious mistakes and many omissions.
Spencer Port-Land has become the "Sinclair".

[Emil Schildt]

There are some obvious mistakes and many omissions.
Spencer Port-Land has become the "Sinclair".

I agree.

Fun but far from complete.

I'd stick to the http://antiquecameras.net/blog.html

[Steven Tribe]

Sometimes a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

I said:


There are some obvious mistakes and many omissions.
Spencer Port-Land has become the "Sinclair".

I now know that the UK importer/agent of the "Port-Land" was James A. Sinclair - so not so much in error after all:

[Jim Graves]

I find Allen Romme's site a huge help ... and he lists the source of each entry so you can check if you have a question ..... like the Sinclair/Spencer issue.

The source for the Sinclair reference is listed as an advertisement in the 1920 British Journal Photographic Almanac ... I looked online but couldn't find that particular source ... anybody have a copy to see how Romme came up with that information?

[Steven Tribe]

There are a few members here who do have sets of UK periodicals. I hope they got them when prices were reasonable!
They must fill quite a few feet of book shelf space.

I have never been able to find any "British" reference on line - the copyrights have probably passed down to a zealous organisation.