General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL RINGS; GLASS LENSES

Dimensions

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

Length

N/A

Width

4.4 cm

Height

1.7 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 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 19 3/4 TO 12 1/2 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 ON INSIDE OF RING: 'Heidosmat - Rolleinar 2 - 38 [SYMBOL FOR PHI] FRANKE & HEIDECKE GERMANY'/.2 PRINTED ON OUTSIDE OF RING: 'FRANKE & HEIDECKE GERMANY Rolleinar 2 - 38 [SYMBOL FOR PHI]'

Missing

COMPLETE

Finish

POLISHED METAL RINGS ON OUTSIDE WITH BLACK ON INSIDE/ BLACK OR WHITE PRINTING/ CLEAR GLASS

Decoration

N/A