Maarten Posted December 22, 2009 Share #1 Posted December 22, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) Is anyone familiar with this Novoflex mirror house? The house is made of metal, the chimney loupe is in a kind of plastic. This set is equiped with a Schneider 135 mm F4.0 lens head. I like the way the shutter release is coupled with the mirror. It works flawless and very light: better than the Visoflex II or III lever. I have never seen any publication or advertisement mentioning this equipment. Thanks for sharing some info. Maarten Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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zeitz Posted December 23, 2009 Share #2 Posted December 23, 2009 Your equipment was made in the early 1950s. Novoflex reflex housings for Leica are fully interchangeable with Visoflex I because both have flange to flange dimensions of 62.5mm. You are lucky to have the shutter release bridge because many of them have gotten separated from the reflex housing and have gotten lost. Later Novoflex housings have a 45 degree finder that gives a right-way image. They use the same release bridge. Novoflex offered many lenses for their reflex housings, including long lenses up to 640mm. There are pistol grip focusing systems, including one with a bellows, which are a pure pleasure to use. I've found the bellows-focused Schneider lenses to be excellent and also use some of them to this day. They were available from 105mm to 240mm. You can find information at the library by going through Popular Photography and Modern Photography ads from 1950 to later than 1960. You are right that very little information is published. If you have specific questions, I'ld be happy to answer them. All Novoflex equipment from this period is getting harder and harder to find. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeitz Posted December 23, 2009 Share #3 Posted December 23, 2009 One other thing. I was unaware of a 135mm f4.0 Schneider. Are you sure it is not a 135mm f4.5? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeitz Posted December 23, 2009 Share #4 Posted December 23, 2009 And another thought. You can go to Schneider's web site and find a serial number listing to get the date of manufacture of the lens. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maarten Posted December 29, 2009 Author Share #5 Posted December 29, 2009 Thanks for all your specific info. I could trace the lens back on the Schneider site to be from 1953. And of course you are right: it's the 4.5 135 mm. The date fits well with the period the original owner expanded his camera collection. Obviously the Ig shown on the picture is from a later date (1958). Maarten Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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