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OBJECT TYPE: WITH SHUTTER
DATE: 1962
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1997.0321.001

MANUFACTURER: Schneider
MODEL: TECHNIKA ANGULON 1:6,8/90
LOCATION: Germany

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General Information

Serial #: 7561952
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL & GLASS CONSTRUCTION.

Dimensions

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Lexicon

Group: Photography
Category: Still camera parts
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Schneider
Country: Germany
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: THIS LENS PROBABLY USED C. 1950S TO 1992.
Canada: PART OF A LARGE COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT USED BY YOUSUF KARSH, CANADA'S INTERNATIONALLY HONOURED PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHER. FROM 1932 TO 1992, MR. KARSH OPERATED FROM HIS PRINCIPLE STUDIO IN OTTAWA, PHOTOGRAPHING HEADS OFSTATE, RELIGIOUS LEADERS, AND THOSE PROMINANT IN BUSINESS, THE ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT. HIS PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS & NEGATIVES AND PERSONAL PAPERS ARE IN THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF CANADA.
Function: USED TO FORM IMAGES ON PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM BY FOCUSING RAYS OF LIGHT PASSING THROUGH IT.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: " LINHOF/ M-X/ SYNCHRO-COMPUR " printed on outside edge of front; " Schneider-Kreuznach 7561952 TECHNIKA Angulon 1.6,8/ 90 " printed around lens. Fitted with " TIFFEN ADAPTOR RING SERIES 6 U.S.A. " SN "29935" cast in raised print on black back.
Missing: UNKNOWN From CA of 06/03/1999 by Gordon Perrault: No - Complete
Finish: LENS MOUNTED IN MOTTLED GREY ENAMEL FINISH HOUSING; FLAT BLACK ON REVERSE.
Decoration: N/A

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