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- OBJECT TYPE
- WITH SHUTTER
- DATE
- 1961
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0342.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Schneider
- MODEL
- SYMMAR 1:5,6/150
- LOCATION
- Germany
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 7084155
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- GLASS OPTICS; METAL & SYNTHETIC COMPONENT PARTS. CARDBOARD ADAPTOR FOR LENS BOARD. QUILTED NYLON LENS BAG HAS BUTTON CLOSURE.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 16.0 cm
- Width
- 15.6 cm
- Height
- 5.0 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
- Schneider
- Country
- Germany
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- THIS LENS NOT USED AFTER 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 OF STATE, RELIGIOUS LEADERS, AND THOSE PROMINANT IN BUSINESS, THE ARTS ANDENTERTAINMENT. HIS PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS & NEGATIVES, AND PERSONAL PAPERS ARE IN THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF CANADA. - Function
-
Unknown - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- " Schneider-Kreuznach Symmar 1:5,6/150 1:12/265 7084155 " incised on lens housing. " SYNCHRO-COMPUR " & " A534945 " incised in shutter housing. f-stops, shutter speeds, etc. also marked.
- Missing
- NONE.
- Finish
- BLACK & BRIGHT SILVER METAL FINISH. FLAT BLACK LENS BOARD. WHITE CARDBOARD LENS BOARD ADAPTOR. QUILTED LENS BAG HAS BLACK EXTERIOR; DRAB-GREEN LINING.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Schneider, Lens, 1961, Artifact no. 1997.0342, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0342.001/
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