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    Question about Portrait euryscop

    I found this euryscop and according to it's serial number it was made around 1899-1900.
    But my feeling says that this lens is older?
    Or am I wrong?
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    Re: Question about Portrait euryscop

    Hi Alex. Why do you think it's older? They didn't have irises until probably the 1890s, and lenses weren't black lacquered until the 1920s. All you can go by is the serial number, really.

    This thread has a picture of one with an iris, 1905 catalog I believe: http://www.largeformatphotography.in...l=1#post709619

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    Re: Question about Portrait euryscop

    Alex, I agree with Garrett. I think these lenses are very late 1800 to early 1900's. Regardless of date amazing lenses. Here is a shot of mine. Higher serial number and works just fine on my Century 8A.
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    Re: Question about Portrait euryscop

    So my feeling was wrong this time... ��
    Thanks for the input.
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    Re: Question about Portrait euryscop

    In 1902, Voigtlaender established a NY base to sell their lenses which were previously represented (American Agents( by Benjamin French's firm out of Boston.

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    Re: Question about Portrait euryscop

    Oh, I didn't look at the larger pictures, and missed the "New York" engraving. That ties it down even more.

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    Re: Question about Portrait euryscop

    These have the "donated" batch number series from the Braunschweig headquarters so they sometimes give a false indication of when they were made.

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    Re: Question about Portrait euryscop

    Quote Originally Posted by alex from holland View Post
    So my feeling was wrong this time... ��
    Thanks for the input.
    Can you clarify just exactly how this works? Is it like a tingling in your leg? Butt pucker? Possibly indigestion related? Trying to understand how one feels an objects age.

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    Re: Question about Portrait euryscop

    Quote Originally Posted by Jim Galli View Post
    Can you clarify just exactly how this works? Is it like a tingling in your leg? Butt pucker? Possibly indigestion related? Trying to understand how one feels an objects age.
    It's like hemorrhoids, I imagine. Old is good especially if it is bottled.
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    Re: Question about Portrait euryscop

    From Voigtlaender's 1905 NY catalogue


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