General Information

Serial #

28877

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 BRASS CASING; GLASS OPTICS; MOUNTED ON WOODEN (MAHOGANY ?) LENS BOARD..2 METAL WATERHOUSE STOP.

Dimensions

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

Length

22.8 cm

Width

22.8 cm

Height

22.0 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

VOIGTLANDER

Country

Federal Republic of Germany

State/Province

Unknown

City

Brunswick

Context

Country

Europe

State/Province

Unknown

Period

THIS TYPE OF LENS PRESUMABLY USED LATE 19TH- EARLY 20TH C +

Canada

PART OF A.M. HARDY COLL'N OF PHOTOGRAPHIC EQ.. ARCHIBALD HARDY OPERATED A PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO ON SPARKS ST., OTTAWA IN THE 1930S. FOLLOWING WAR SERVICE, HE EST'D A STUDIO IN VANKLEEK HILL, ONT. WHERE HE WORKED AS A HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER. HE SPECIALIZED IN WEDDING & PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY. MR. HARDY CLOSED HIS STUDIO IN 1952.(1

Function

TO BEND LIGHT RAYS TO CREATE IMAGE WHICH IS IMPRINTED ON FILM IN CAMERA.

Technical

IMPROVED PETZVAL TYPE PORTRAIT LENS WITH UNUSUALLY LARGE FOCAL LENGTH OF APPROX. 43 INCHES. LENS WASAPPARENTLY TREATED WITH SOME SURFACE LAQUER, PRODUCING A VELVET-LIKE SHINE. (REF. 1)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 "7/ No 28877/ Voigtlander & Sohn,/ Wien,/ Braunschweig" incised on lens casing..2 "5" incised on hand grip.

Missing

NONE.

Finish

.1 MOST EXTERIOR SURFACES OF BRASS LENS HOUSING HAVE DULL OR FLAT FINISH; SELECTED AREAS AT EITHER END OF CASING, INTERIOR SURFACES AND HIGHLIGHTED MARKINGS ARE BLACK..2 BOTH SIDES OF STOP HAVE FLAT BLACK FINISH.

Decoration

N/A