Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/11/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Please excuse the non-Leica post, but I know there are some history buffs among our number (and I hope the post about the reversing version of the 16471 partly makes up for this transgression). I bought an unusual camera today and I'm interested in finding out a bit more about it and its owner. There is no maker's plate (it's missing from the front) but the name "John Duguid Ross, Press Photographer & Reporter" is prominent on the case, with an address in Ross-shire. Did he achieve eminence in any field? To keep the list on-topic, it might be better to reply in email. (The camera, BTW, is a wooden SLR taking a vertical 3" x 4" plate. It focusses via a rack and pinion extending the front. You can focus in SLR mode, or on a ground-glass back. There aren't any dark slides with it. The lens board has vertical movements and carries a 6" Ross Homocentric f6.3 lens. The shutter is focal plane and seems to be in working order. The whole thing is about 6" cube.) - -- Phil Payne