Posted by Les on September 05, 2000 at 21:04:58:
In Reply to: Re: Miniature Speed Graphic posted by Kent Tolley on September 05, 2000 at 19:57:51:
: Thank you Les. Following your directions
: I found the serial number right away.
: Stamped into the leather Serial # 388673
: The lens is a Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 10.5 cm f/4.5.
: It's serial is Nr. 2472076
: It's mounted in a Compur shutter with T,B, and (one over)
1,2,5,10,25,50,100,250 seconds.
: Even the shutter has a serial number stamped into the wavy
pattern of the shutter side.
: The lens board is a beautiful black lacquer and it has a little
chamfer on the bottom edge that fits into the front standard
Kent,
I double checked my list and shure enough under some very old
scotch tape I found your camera. April of 1946 is when the serial
number was entered. Then the camera was built anywhere from a few
months to a year afterward. What clued me in was the focospot--That
thing coming off of the rangefinder. It was developed during the
war to aid photographers to focus inside bombers during
construction. So it had to be post war.
On a sad note, the rear lens to the rangefinder is missing, while
it doesn't aid anything, it does keep stray light and dust out.
This will be difficult to find. BTW, This era was the best of all
of the minispeeds in terms of usability.