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Henry · Posted: Mon May 03, 2004 11:16 pm Post subject:

Thanks, t.r. I gave up on coffee and am waiting for that third martini to kick in.

t.r.sanford · Posted: Mon May 03, 2004 11:27 pm Post subject:

An even better idea!

Dan Fromm · Joined: 14 May 2001 Posts: 2144 Location: New Jersey

Henry · Posted: Fri May 07, 2004 12:09 am Post subject:

I can't read the markings around the lens front element except for "Kodak," but let's assume that it is a 152mm (even though seller doesn't seem to realize that this example is not a Speed). Looks to be in good cosmetic shape, but I notice it didn't attract any bids. Guess it's overpriced?!

I switched back to coffee.... =(8-(

Dan Fromm · Joined: 14 May 2001 Posts: 2144 Location: New Jersey

Henry · Posted: Fri May 07, 2004 12:34 am Post subject:

Yeah, I supersized it but the problem is that my eyeballs stayed the same size. Maybe they fell out after the martinis.

disemjg · Joined: 10 Jan 2002 Posts: 474 Location: Washington, DC

My lens is in a Supermatic that is marked GRAPHIC. I got it on an Anneversary, and the mounting looked original. At least it did not look like someone cobbled it together with a pen knife the way some of them do.

And did anyone notice what it would have cost the lucky winner (if there had been one) of that Crown to ship it? $47 plus 2.95 handling. That's disgusting.

Dan Fromm · Joined: 14 May 2001 Posts: 2144 Location: New Jersey

Les · Joined: 09 May 2001 Posts: 2682 Location: Detroit, MI

[/quote]Well, some people who offer goods on eBay dream the really impossible dream.
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I've always given my overseas winners the option of me hand delivering to their door, for the mere cost of a 1st class ticket round trip. I was really hoping the girl from Venice would, but alas, so far no luck.

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viridari · Joined: 19 Aug 2009 Posts: 4 Location: Raleigh

shutterfinger · Joined: 09 Mar 2007 Posts: 57

found a catalog from 1938 listing the No.32, 6 3/8 inch, Kodak Anastigmat f4.5 lens.
Nos. 31, 32, 33 fitted to a Compur shutter; Nos. 34, 35, and 36 fitted to a Compound shutter.
No Kodak lens are listed in the 1936-1937 catalog.
http://piercevaubel.com/cam/catalogs/1938ekcprof.htm

William Hallett · Joined: 07 Jan 2012 Posts: 101

The US military service manual for the Anniversary (available on-line at http://www.butkus.org/chinon/ - look for the manual for the "C3 Graflex Camera") lists the 6 3/8" f/4.5 Kodak Anastigmat in a No. 3 Supermatic as one of the two standard lenses for the C3 (the military name for the Anniversary). Given the number of these cameras made, this should be a fairly common lens on wartime vintage Anniversaries. The other lens listed in the service manual is an Optar with the same specifications in a No. 3 "Graflex" shutter (should probably be "Graphex").
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shutterfinger · Joined: 09 Mar 2007 Posts: 57

There is no publication date for that Technical Order.
I do not know what year Kodak introduced the Supermatic shutter nor do I have access to a 1939, 1940, 1941 product catalog. I suspect the shutter followed the lens by a year or two.