Hello Everyone,

For months past I have noticed a bunch of oscilloscope camerasoffered on e-bay offered for hundreds of dollars each. Not surprisingly, they don’t sell. No one wants to buy these useless 50s-60s era industrial cameras. Now they are being offered at buy-it-now prices of <$50 and <$25 .Most of these cameras have a 75mm/f1.9 Wollensak lens in an Alphax #3 shutter. They won’t cover 4x5 at infinity (make a 6cm circle on 4x5 film), but they are optomised for 1:1 reproduction at short working distances where they do cover 4x5 . . .and max aperature is f-1.9. I’ve gotten two at $25 each, and c lose-ups seem fine to me. Had to work some to dismount/disassemble them from the camera though.

If we don’t buy up all these old shutters at thrift store prices, they will eventually get junked —and they will be lost to LF photography forever.