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Post by genazzano on Mar 11, 2016 21:09:22 GMT -5
That wasn't an Aires Viceroy. It was a Kodak Duo II CRF. I humbly relinquish my right to the "A" posting...
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Post by genazzano on Mar 11, 2016 1:24:03 GMT -5
I guess the images (and my brain) got a bit scrambled when I lost my iPad Jeeez...
David
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Post by genazzano on Mar 11, 2016 1:16:42 GMT -5
Looking right at it and didn't see it. However, this kind of parallax comp isn't as elegant as that used by Leitz on theirs. David
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Post by genazzano on Mar 10, 2016 2:38:01 GMT -5
There is parallax compensation, look at the scale. It is not easy to adjust but it works. I have been flipping these around searching for a parallax comp but cannot find it. There is an extra "X" in the viewing field if that is what you mean. David
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Post by genazzano on Mar 8, 2016 3:38:18 GMT -5
Zeiss Ikon... Here are two viewfinders produced by ZI in the early 1930's. Each has five turret mounted lenses corresponding to the 2.8, 5, 8.5, 13.5, and 18cm lenses. No parallax correction was provided. Note that one is nickel plated (serial number 3673), whereas the other earlier example was chrome plated (serial number 802). Also, the chrome version incorporated detentes at each position, while the nickel version had no detentes suggesting that it was an earlier design even though the serial number indicates otherwise for unknown reasons. Spring has sprung!! Ciao... David
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Post by genazzano on Mar 6, 2016 7:03:37 GMT -5
The famous Welmy Terionar lens... Ciao! David
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Post by genazzano on Mar 6, 2016 3:30:14 GMT -5
I wonder what the market forecasts are regarding the DSLR. Anyone have access to market reports? It would seem to me that such reports would give us a good look at how the industry views the future of cameras and how the iPad/iPhone's will erode the camera market during the next decade.
I already get funny looks from the cell phone photographers with whom I jockey for position in my wheelchair with my DSLR up to my face.
David
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Post by genazzano on Mar 3, 2016 4:23:14 GMT -5
Mickey, those are bananas. So it belongs in "F" for Fruttiscope, of course.
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Post by genazzano on Feb 22, 2016 1:38:28 GMT -5
Mickey, this Duo is pretty small. Maybe it just looks big in the photos especially with that big knob on top.
I think I agree that this is probably not a Teague design. It is a French design, though. More chrome than my wife's new Renault.
I thought that the discovery of this camera would stimulate more discussion among the cognoscenti. Not often that a new camera is discovered. I noted that the body serial number dates from 1934 as does the Compur shutter. However, the Tessar appears to date from November, 1938.
The body serial number Nr.239901. The Compur serial number is 2669529 is early dating from late 1934. The Tessar lens is 1380163 which dates from the end of 1938. The DOF scale is in French which alone is rare. This is in accord with the sense that the camera was intended for market in 1939. The camera, as described in the advertisement below, is equipped with the Carl Zeiss Jena f/3.5 7.5cm Tessar mounted in a Compur shutter. The standard Duo 620 is listed at 830fr. However Le "Modeles Chrome 1939" cost much more, priced at 1350fr which was a lot.
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Post by genazzano on Feb 19, 2016 2:06:50 GMT -5
Since Teague had been designing so many Kodaks during the time, I wonder if this Duo was a product of his input? I must try to see if there are any relevant Teague patents.
David
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Post by genazzano on Feb 19, 2016 2:03:56 GMT -5
Maybe we could use a resident psychologist? Might help some like me.
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Post by genazzano on Feb 17, 2016 7:36:30 GMT -5
It's exciting to find such an unusual camera that may reflect the history of Kodak, a history that seems to be unknown. Absolutely no one mentions this model on the Internet including the Group that is dedicated to the history of the Kodak Duo 620.
There is a chance that this is the only example.
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Post by genazzano on Feb 16, 2016 1:54:54 GMT -5
By accident, I found a Duo 620 that looked a bit odd at first. It turned out to be a quite unusual, perhaps unique, Kodak Duo 620 with a re-designed top including a DOF scale in French. The top differs from the versions produced by Kodak AG during the late 1930's. I have found nothing on the Net that resembles this camera and none that have a French DOF scale. This is a Duo 620 that differs markedly from all other Duo 620 cameras produced by Kodak. It is quite unique as far as I can determine. I believe that this may be the "Modeles Chromes 1939" referred to in a Kodak-Fr advertisement. The back leather cover is embossed with "Duo 620" instead of the usual "Duo Six-20". The camera's lens and shutter assembly appears to be the same as the models produced by Kodak AG. The camera, as described in the advertisement below. is equipped with the Carl Zeiss Jena f/3.5 7.5cm Tessar mounted in a Compur shutter. This model may be a prototype of a Series II. However, I feel that it is a production model designed in France. Historically, it probably was produced about 1938-39 but because of its extreme rarity, I would guess that it was intended to be marketed in 1939, about the time when the German army arrived. As in the case of the CRF Series III model, it is probable that the Kodak Fr factory either decided to halt production shortly after launch, or they had been ordered by the occupying German Command to cease camera production. In any event, it is apparent that very few were ever built and fewer ever reached market in 1939. This Duo 620 is an extraordinarily rare camera. Nothing can be found on the Net regarding its production, and all we have to go on is the camera itself right now. For a collector, this is very exciting. If anyone has any comments or ideas about the possible history, please post. Ciao! David
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Post by genazzano on Feb 9, 2016 10:38:13 GMT -5
It actually looks as if it had never seen a roll of film. I always wonder where these cameras were during the many decades. I especially like the black enameling. David
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Post by genazzano on Feb 8, 2016 1:33:52 GMT -5
The Kodak Six/16 Improved 1934/35. This example was built between February 1934 and August 1935 and has the more conventional f/6.3 100mm Kodak Anastigmat lens, Kodon shutter, and enameled baseboard struts. It has the US lens board with its deco octagonal shape, unlike the Compur-Rapid version above that used the German manufactured shutter. Ciao! David
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