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- OBJECT TYPE
- CLOSE-UP/PARALLAX CORRECTION
- DATE
- 1950–1959
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.1414.001
- MANUFACTURER
- FRANKE & HEIDECKE
- MODEL
- ROLLEINAR 1
- LOCATION
- Brunswick, Federal Republic of Germany
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 &.2: METAL RING; GLASS LENS/ CASE: LEATHER
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 4.8 cm
- Width
- 4.8 cm
- Height
- 3.0 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
- ROLLEI
- Country
- Federal Republic of Germany
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Brunswick
Context
- Country
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- PROBABLY USED IN THE 1950S AND 1960S
- 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 LENS, TO ALLOW FOR THE TAKING OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF SUBJECTS CLOSE-UP - FROM 39 1/2 TO 17 3/4 INCHES. - Technical
-
EACH SET CONSISTS OF 2 OPTICALLY MATCHED FRONTAL LENSES. THE LENS FOR THE VIEWING LENS IS COMBINED WITH A(BUILT-IN) PRISM FOR PARALLAX CORRECTION. [REF 1] - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 PRINTED AROUND INNER RING: 'Heidosmat-Rolleinar 1 R11 GERMANY'/.2 PRINTED ON OUTSIDE OF RING: 'Rolleinar 1 GERMANY'/ EMBOSSED ON CASE: 'GERMANY/ Rollei/ F&H'
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- .1 BRUSHED METAL OUTER RING AND BLACK INNER RING WITH WHITE PRINTING; CLEAR GLASS/.2 BRUSHED METAL RING WITH BLACK INTERIOR AND PRINTING; CLEAR GLASS/ CASE: BROWN
- Decoration
- N/A
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FRANKE & HEIDECKE, Lens, between 1950–1959, Artifact no. 1995.1414, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.1414.001/
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