General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 &.2: METAL RING; GLASS LENS/ CASE: LEATHER

Dimensions

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

Length

4.8 cm

Width

4.8 cm

Height

3.0 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

ROLLEI

Country

Federal Republic of Germany

State/Province

Unknown

City

Brunswick

Context

Country

Worldwide

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 (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 39 1/2 TO 17 3/4 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 AROUND INNER RING: 'Heidosmat-Rolleinar 1 R11 GERMANY'/.2 PRINTED ON OUTSIDE OF RING: 'Rolleinar 1 GERMANY'/ EMBOSSED ON CASE: 'GERMANY/ Rollei/ F&H'

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

.1 BRUSHED METAL OUTER RING AND BLACK INNER RING WITH WHITE PRINTING; CLEAR GLASS/.2 BRUSHED METAL RING WITH BLACK INTERIOR AND PRINTING; CLEAR GLASS/ CASE: BROWN

Decoration

N/A