Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/12/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Quoting lkhermann <lkhermann@bresnan.net>: > Good morning LUG, > Any collectors out there lurking? A friend of mine has a German > 70mm aerial camera, Handkammer HK, 125mm Schneider Xenon f2 > lens. > Lee > > http://www.ritzcam.com/catalog/images/GXN-Aerial_Kamera.jpg ......................................................................................................................................... Wow. I have the lens from one of those cameras, but until this post, I had no idea what it was made for. I always wondered why it had a pointer on the aperture ring, but no scale - I see now it's on the camera housing. I saw mine at an antique store a long time ago, but didn't want to spend $50.00 on it. Then, ten years later the same lens showed up at a collectible camera fair and I bought it for $25.00. I made a lensboard for it and use it on my Speed Graphic to get Nocti-like DoF in 4x5. Alan Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer University Information Technology Services University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Office Phone: 414 229-6525 | E-mail: amr3@uwm.edu Department Phone: 414 229-4282 http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/