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| Adrian Joined: 02 Jun 2004 Posts: 10 |  Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 10:36 pmCan anyone help me with dates: Crown graphic #435012 Ektar lens #ES 4484 Optar lens #897003 Thanks! | ||
| 45PSS Joined: 28 Sep 2001 Posts: 4081 | Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 10:44 pm According to <a href=http://graflex.org/speed-graphic/lenses.html#EktarLenses> Graphic.org Ektar lens page</a> the Ektar is 1947. | ||
| Gandolf Joined: 26 Dec 2001 Posts: 328 | Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2005 2:44 pm iget 1947 too | ||
| Adrian Joined: 02 Jun 2004 Posts: 10 | Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2005 4:51 pm Is that for the camera body? From the book? Does anyone know how to date the optar? I bought that seperately. It's in a graphex shutter. If the shutter has any numbers on it, I don't see them Thanks again! | ||
| 45PSS Joined: 28 Sep 2001 Posts: 4081 | Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 5:48 am
That's the only place Gandolf gets the dates. I don't think anyone has dates for Optars by serial number. Type of flash sync and type of connector will era date the shutter. No sync=flash power days; bi-post M (flashbulb) only '30's or '40's; X and M bipost '50's?; x only pc socket '60's or early '70's. Others may smooth out my rough guestimates. _________________ While a picture may be worth a thousand words, a quality photograph is worth a million. <font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: 45PSS on 2005-02-10 21:48 ]</font> | ||
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