Sold to Anthony May 10th.,1875
Seán
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Sold to Anthony May 10th.,1875
Seán
The bellows came from the Custom Bellows Co., formerly the Camera Bellows Co.
Seán
I have made available scans of the 1869 Lens list and the 1881 and 1900 Dallmeyer catalogues.
www.samackenna.co.uk/1869lens_list
www.samackenna.co.uk/1881catalogue.pdf
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Stephen,
Well only my smaller Dallmeyers fit the Gandolfi, the 2B and my RRs, I use my home made 10x8 imitation 1870s Anthony for my 3A and 3B.
My other cameras can be seen at:...
I am the proud owner of a 10x8 Gandolfi which I bought a couple of years ago, it only needed new bellows and some TLC to be fine. It came with a 10x8 back, a whole plate back and a half plate back,...
I too had only good service, on three occasions, from Balham Optical over the last few years, they will be very much missed. :(
Seán
http://www.samackenna.co.uk/wpcamera.jpg
I have just obtained what I believe to be an 1870s period wet collodion camera.
http://www.samackenna.co.uk/wpholder.jpg
It came complete with the...
Left workshop January 17th. 1885
The same size stops for different lenses have the appropriate stop sizes engraved for the lens with which they are sold, either Dallmeyer's own aperture notation system early on or later in towards...
28760 was a 15x12 Rapid Rectilinear, Dallmayer made sure that certain sizes of Waterhouse stops fitted a number of different lenses.
These stops will also fit 2B, 2B Patent, 1A patent, No.2...
Try looking for separated stereo lenses, designs from the 1860s feature Petzvals of about 80mm. focal length.
They turn up fairly frequently on 'that' auction site
I have just bought a Gandolfi 10x8, dating from the 1950s.
I am a little puzzled by the arrangements for supporting the
front standard.
I haven't received the camera yet, but according
to the...
According to Dallmeyer's literature the Serrac is always f4.5, Dallmeyer do not list any large format lens at f5.6.
I recently bought an early Petzval lens engraved Horne & Thornthwaite, 123 Newgate Street with the serial number 1345.
Horne & Thornthwaite operated from Newgate Street from 1854 onwards, before...
Here's the result from using a Dallmeyer 4A:
http://www.samackenna.demon.co.uk/honestyc.jpg
This is from a 10x8 wet collodion negative.
Sean