General Information

Serial #

850256

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL; GLASS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

N/A

Width

8.3 cm

Height

6.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Photography

Category

Still camera parts

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

MAMIYA

Country

Japan

State/Province

Unknown

City

Tokyo

Context

Country

Worldwide

State/Province

Unknown

Period

PROBABLY USED IN THE 1960'S AND 1970'S

Canada

PART OF A COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT FROM THE ESTATE OF WILFRED HAROLD OLSON, FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF DOMINION WIDE PHOTOGRAPHY LTD., OTTAWA (C 1950-1995). MR. OLSON WAS A PHOTOGRAPHER FOR MANY YEARS AND HIS STUDIO DID WORK FOR BOTH THE OTTAWA JOURNAL AND THE CBC.

Function

USED, WHEN ATTACHED TO A CAMERA, TO BEND LIGHT RAYS TO CREATE AN IMAGE WHICH IS IMPRINTED ON THE FILM IN THE CAMERA. THIS LENS IS A MEDIUM TELEPHOTO LENS USED MAINLY FOR PORTRAITS.

Technical

WITH THIS 90MM MEDIUM TELEPHOTO LENSES THE "LONG DISTANCE" EFFECT DOES NOT APPEAR PRONOUNCED SO THERE IS A MORE NATURAL LOOKING PERSPECTIVE FOR PORTRAITS [REF 1]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PRINTING AROUND LENS: 'MAMIYA-SEKOR 1:3.5 f=90mm No. 850256'/ PRINTING ON NEXT RING: 'SEIKOSHA-S [SCALE]'/ OUTER RING: 'LENS MADE IN JAPAN'/ [THREE SCALES]/ 'MX/ MX NORMAL'

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

BLACK ENAMEL ANDBRUSHED METAL/ PRINTING BLACK OR WHITE

Decoration

N/A