Forgot to add, the easiest way to tell the different WA Euryscops apart is to correlate the number with the lens diameter, which are all given in the BF catalog. I believe 3 different types of WA Euryscops were made, each with different glass.
Tim
Forgot to add, the easiest way to tell the different WA Euryscops apart is to correlate the number with the lens diameter, which are all given in the BF catalog. I believe 3 different types of WA Euryscops were made, each with different glass.
Tim
Hey, thanks Tim. Now I feel obligated to do some printing of the negs I shot the other day.
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Sorry, The biggest lens in my photo is a Series V, rapid wide angle (f6), not Series III (those are portrait Euryscops).
must have been dosing off yesterday...
Tim
OK, I did a quick contact print of one of the negatives. I'm pretty impressed at the sharpness of this 120 year old lens. 5x7 on Tri-x 400.
(a lot) Larger on black
Garrett
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Nice image Garrett. Now I'm feeling motivated to see what I can get with my old Euryscops.
cheers
Tim
Thanks. Yeah, this one just moved to the front of the line for my (all antique) landscape lenses, now in front of lever stop Darlots and WAR Dallmeyers. I need to shoot my 1906 Protar VIIa more to see how it stacks with that. Excuse the dust on the large version....I'm going to print this an another neg more carefully when I'm not so tired.
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A little contribution to the knowledge of the various series VII!
I have just got hold of a series VIIa size 8, labelled as F18. I do not have this in my hands, as yet, but will check the lens diameter to see it matches up with the dimensions given in CC's Darlot/Voigtländer Catalogue. The serial number is not clear in photographs but it has the usual Waterhouse stop slot for larger sizes. It is, perhap 69,699.
If it turns out to be the same 8 as in the VII list, it will be well beyond my present image size registration capabilities!
The above mentioned series VII a - serial number 69,699 (1901?) with very clean glass, is now in my hands.
It is definitely a new variety of Euryscop wide angle.
Finally, Voigtländer got round to labelling their lenses as well as anybody - instead of guess work!
VII a 8, 1:18. Diameter is 31mm - which gives a focal length of 558mm. Which I have checked to be about right.
The first series VII were around F14. I'll try a get an idea of coverage tomorrow.
This seems to have been made for a very short time (collinear arrived).
But if anyone does have Voigtländer catalogue information for around 1900 - 1902, I would eternally grateful?
I found my Portrait Euryscope to be from the third series. It is a 4A. Nowhere on the lens does it say "Series III" like I've seen some on of the others.
No one have any ideas about the series VIIa?
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