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Subject: [Leica] Older than Jerry Lehrer! Zeiss-Ikon Taxo c1927
From: Jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway)
Date: Tue Jul 24 19:51:32 2007
References: <46A67B05.4050807@hemenway.com> <46A6B7A9.6090908@san.rr.com>

Hi Jerry:

Yes, a Novar Anastigmat f6.3 13.5 cm.  This one has lever focusing, and 
a groundglass back can be slipped into where the film holders go for 
more accurate focusing.

I'm older than some of my teeth, am gong to hit the sack now.

Jim



Jerry Lehrer wrote:

> Jim,
> 
> Those old 9x12cm cameras can produce great results.  Is that a Novar 
> lens on it?  I saw one
> recently that someone had put a Goerz Dagor lens on it.  It had the 
> weirdest focusing system.
> Not a rack und pinion, just pinch and slide!
> 
> Yes, two years older than me.
> 
> Jerry
> 
> 
> Jim Hemenway wrote:
> 
>> Hi Folks:
>>
>> I went to the Brimfield Antique Flea Market a little over a week 
>> ago... <http://www.hemenway.com/Brimfield-07132007/>
>>
>> While there I bought this quarter-glass-plate camera.
>>
>> I wanted to take some photos with it but don't have any glass plates, 
>> especially in Ektachrome.
>>
>> So I cut some pieces of poster board and discovered that 3-1/4 x 4-1/4 
>> would fit perfectly, and that the springs behind the film would push 
>> it against the film plane just as it would with a glass plate.
>>
>> I cut some 4x5 to size and shot a couple of photos at Lanes Cove on 
>> Sunday afternoon.
>>
>> My lab graciously offered to do a special E-6 run for the odd size.
>>
>> Here's the results:
>> <http://www.hemenway.com/Zeiss-Ikon-TAXO-07222007/>
>>
>> Life can be fun.
>>
>> Jim
>>
> 
> 
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