General Information

Serial #

3121440

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL WITH GLASS LENS

Dimensions

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

Length

10.0 cm

Width

9.5 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

LINHOF

Country

Federal Republic of Germany

State/Province

Unknown

City

Munich

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 PHOTOGARPHY 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, TO BEND LIGHT RAYS TO CREATE AN IMAGE WHICH IS IMPRINTED ON THE FILM ON THE BACK OF A CAMERA. THIS MEDIUM TELEPHOTO LENS IS USED MAINLY FOR INDUSTRIAL AND ARCHITECTURAL WORK.

Technical

IN SPECIAL CASES THE ANGULON LENSES MAY BE USED FOR THE NEXT LARGER NEGATIVE FORMATS THEY HAVE BEENDESIGNED FOR, AND GIVE GOOD RESULTS WHEN THEY ARE STOPPED DOWN TO F/22 [REF. 1]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PRINTED ON BOARD: 'Linhof/ TECHNIKA'/ PRINTED ON SHUTTER CASING: 'SYNCHRO-COMPUR/ 6.8 8 11 16 22 32/ LINHOF/ 7347737'/ PRINTED AROUND LENS CASING: 'Angulon 1:6,8/90 3121440 Schneider-Kreuzauach'/ HANDWRITTEN ON LENS BOARD: 'MAIN/ SPRING/ [?]'

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE BUT HANDWRITTEN NOTE ON BOARD STATES 'MAIN SPRING [?]' WHICH MAY INDICATE THE SPRING IS BROKEN

Finish

BOARD: FRONT - MATTE SILVER; BACK - MATTE BLACK/ SHUTTER AND LENS CASING SHINY METAL WITH BLACK PRINTING; AND GLOSSY BLACK WITH WHITE PRINTING

Decoration

MFG NAME AND MODEL ON LENS BOARD