Pecole Posted August 12, 2010 Share #1 Posted August 12, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) Old brass lenses by Leitz are wonderful pieces of workmanship. We were happy to have in the Fontenelle collection a complete set of tiny repro lenses in their original boxes : Mikro-Summar 24 and 35 mm, Summar 42, 64 and 80 mm and Mikro-Summar 100 and 120 mm. Totally different, yet from the same origin and also brass, a huge 400 mm projection lens weighing no less than 2,190 grams; the photo of the "beast" next to a classical 5 cm Elmar gives an idea of its size. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted August 12, 2010 Posted August 12, 2010 Hi Pecole, Take a look here Fontenelle archives 13 : 7 little jewels and a huge "bottle". I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
tdavis Posted September 10, 2010 Share #2 Posted September 10, 2010 What were these small lenses used for? As part of a copy stand? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pecole Posted September 11, 2010 Author Share #3 Posted September 11, 2010 What were these small lenses used for? As part of a copy stand? Yes, indeed. Copy stand or bellows. As said in the introductory text, these were "repro" lenses. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted September 11, 2010 Share #4 Posted September 11, 2010 What were these small lenses used for? As part of a copy stand? Lenses for microphotography with proper focusing equipment... Leitz still made such items in the '70s (named Photar, you could mount them on Leicaflex with bellows); the link between lenses for cameras and lenses for microscopes, which Leitz made for >100 years (Kellner, the company which became Leitz after few years, was founded in Wetzlar in 1841 to manufacture a "new" type of achromatic lens for microscopes) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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