Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/01/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Neat camera, Alan.? It reminds me of a Busch Pressman 2-1/4 x 3-1/4 that I once owned.? Nice size negative to work with. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 1/29/2019 3:46 PM, Alan Magayne-Roshak wrote: > I'm organizing my father's negatives of family, World War II, and > optometric college pictures. I still have two of his cameras - a Foth > Derby for 127 film, and a Voigtlander Bergheil 6x9 camera equipped with > 10.5cm f/4.5 Heliar lens (same as Brassai's camera). I'm amazed at the > volume of negatives he shot with the Bergheil with a 2-1/4 x 3-1/4 film > pack adapter. Lots of family pictures, and photos showing activities at > the (then) Chicago College of Optometry where he was enrolled, and served > as photo editor of the yearbook. > > Here is the camera with flash and roll film back (which I use). It features > rising and shifting front standard and double extension bellows. Still have > the really beat up film pack adapter and some cut film holders with leather > case. > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/DadPix/20181223_MR_Bergheil.jpg.html > Two shots taken for the school. > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/DadPix/Ca_1954_MSR_CCO_ExamGirl_DSF6120.jpg.html > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/DadPix/Ca_1954_MSR_CCO_Rooster_DSF6160.jpg.html > All can be viewed large.