Just found the lens.
However I could not find any information 'bout it.
There are the pix of it.
Just found the lens.
However I could not find any information 'bout it.
There are the pix of it.
One more pic of the lens.
No one knows？
Military? Off an aerial camera? I've been trying to buy a Condor camera for a couple of years, just none at the right price, so I haven't had the chance to use one of their lenses and can't comment on quality.
According to Vada Mecum:
"Galileo, (Officine Galileo), Milan, Italy.
This seems to be a trade name replacing Koristika, qv.
The earliest use of the Galileo name seems to be pre-war, on Koristka items, and the name seems to have been adopted for all the products after WW2. They supplied numerous items for other camera makers, such as Condors and Ferrania's make and were exported regularly to the UK in the 1950's, and are seen from time to time at sales."
They appear to have made a number of different types of lenses, but the Tergon is not listed in the write up. They do list a Terog and a Tesog. They seem to be for Italian made cameras from the 50's.
They were a reputable maker, and a successor is still in the optoelectronics business. Like the entire Italian optics industry, they pulled out of consumer products by the sixties.
By period and speed, and a press camera style focusing mount, I'd expect it to be a Tessar copy, but only you will be able to verify that...
Thank you, Jody, Dan & Sevo,
I believe that the lens is for photogrammetry camera according to my research.
It's on the way to me.
I will check the lens structure and show more pix of it.
Possible, improbable. The material you posted seems irrelevant.Originally Posted by pierre506
What is the lens mounted on?
No, it's certainly relevant.
I'm almost 99.99% sure about it.
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