General Information

Serial #

RE206

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 METAL; GLASS/.2 METAL WITH VELVET LINING/ CARDSTOCK BOX

Dimensions

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

Length

7.5 cm

Width

7.5 cm

Height

4.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Photography

Category

Still processing

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Kodak

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New York

City

Rochester

Context

Country

Canada

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 (1952-1995). MR. OLSON WAS A PHOTOGRPHER FOR MANY YEARS AND HIS STUDIO DID WORK FOR BOTH THE OTTAEA JOURNAL AND THE CBC.

Function

USED WHEN ATTACHED TO AN ENLARGER TO FOCUS AN IMAGE OF A NEGATIVE ON TO SENSITIZED PAPER SO THAT BY ADJUSTING THE DISTANCE BETWEEN LENS AND PAPER, IT IS POSSIBLE TO OBTAIN ALMOST ANY DEGREE OF ENLARGEMENT. [REF 1]. CAN ALSO BE USED WHEN DTHE ENLARGER IS CONVERTED TO A VIEW CAMERA.

Technical

THIS LENS IS LUMENIZED WHICH MEANS THAT A SPECIAL HARD COATING HAS BEEN APPLIED TO ALL AIR-GLASS SURFACES TO DECREASE INTERNAL REFLECTIONS & INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF LIGHT TRANSMITTED [REF 2]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 PRINTED AROUND LENS: 'Kodak Enlarging Ektar f:4,5 50mm. RE206L'/ AROUND OUTSIDE OF HOLDER: 'Made in U.S.A. by Eastman Kodak Co./ [scale]'/.2 NO MARKINGS/ PRINTING ON BOX INCLUDES: 'Kodak/ ENLARGING/ EKTAR LENS/ FOR KODAK FLUROLITE/ PRECISION ENLARGERS/ 2-INCH f/4.5 LUMENIZED/ SOLE IMPORTER INTO CANADA/ CANADIAN KODAK CO. LIMITED/ TORONTO'

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

LENS BOARD: MATTE BLACK; LENS HOLDER: SHINY METAL WITH BLACK PRINTING/ CAP: SHINY METAL WITH BLACK VELVET LINING/ BOX: LID - YELLOW WITH BLACK AND RED PRINTING; BOTTOM - BLACK

Decoration

N/A