The box in the foreground is just what it was delivered to Houston antique store in. The name of the box was a farmer in Tyler, Texas and likely was reused due to it being a good fit for the lens at...
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The box in the foreground is just what it was delivered to Houston antique store in. The name of the box was a farmer in Tyler, Texas and likely was reused due to it being a good fit for the lens at...
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I have the lens in hand and it is a beast.
I like making Lewis cameras.....I might make a huge Lewis style camera for this lens. Here's a 6th plate relievo ambrotype of my halfplate Lewis camera that is my workhorse.
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No worries, I have no interest in selling the lens. I'm mostly interested in any technical info associated with it. Two focal lengths have been provided in this thread as well as plate sizes, I'm...
Does anyone have a link to the auction mentioned above of the similar lens that was previously displayed in the Voigtlander museum?
I've gathered that this is a fairly rare lens.
It likely is the same man. I searched for his name associated with photographers in Tyler, Texas, but came up dry. If he was a peach farmer I wonder why the lens was sent to him, or if the crate was...
Glass looked good, but dusty.
Unfortunately the lens is not yet in my hands. It is at the house of my friend that informed me of its existence. I paypal'd him the funds and he picked it up for me. The second photo in the above...
Yes, I purchased it for $295.00. Which is roughly half the price of my least expensive half plate lens that I use the most.
I picked up a very large lens this weekend from an antique store in Houston, Texas that I'm hoping to find more information about. The lens measures 19" long and 7.5" across the lens hood. It is...