B&L Rapid Rectilinear question

[Murray@uptowngallery]

Well, it looks like I have 1.5 usable shutters, 2 sets of usable glass (one has a bubble,which everyone says is no big deal, the other has one tiny spot (fungus?) in the interior center, and an Ansco 5 on the way with what appears to be a cylinder-driven (pneumatic?) shutter and RR lens...maybe a different f.l.

So I don't really NEED the lenses to complete something...on the other hand, I would probably make something with it if you had no use.

I'll bet this story sounds familiar to the group :O)

 

[Steve Smith]

So I don't really NEED the lenses to complete something...on the other hand, I would probably make something with it if you had no use.

I'll bet this story sounds familiar to the group :O)

Very familiar. Whilst searching for something else yesterday, I came across what I think was your first post with a list of your current (at the time) projects. It was fairly long (and familiar) then. I bet it's at least twice as long now!


Steve.

 

[Donald Qualls]

Anyone know what f.l. is on an Ansco #5 (4-3/4"x3-3/4" image, Kodak 103 or Ansco 10A/10B film)? - I suppose it could be same length lens, but looks older...I'll find out when it arrives.

The shutter is one of those with the cylinder...pneumatic? I wonder how those survive the years...as well as Ball Bearing Shutters? Time will tell...

Best guess, based on the film dimension of 103, is a focal length of approximately 150 mm -- that film isn't enough smaller than 4x5 to worry about, though it seems like it would be pretty easy to measure if you have the camera. FWIW, pneumatic shutters actually seem to age better than those with gears and lever like Compur, and are easier to restore -- as long as the piston is tight and moves freely in the cylinder, even adjusting is just a matter of calibrating the metering apertures to give the correct delay.

 

[Murray@uptowngallery]

Thanks, IM/DQ.

I figured it would be similar f.l. to 122 format camera (FP 3A), but different mfr, etc...no telling 'til it speaks to me itself. I'm not sure where I got the idea it was an RR...that remains to be seen also.

 

[Murray@uptowngallery]

If any cares...it was a brass shutter labeled Wollensack as suggested by Abbazz. Lens has a brass trim ring matching the shutter. I don't see Cyko or anything else.

Now I'm curious what Wollensack called their lens that looks like a Rapid Rectilinear...

 

[Murray@uptowngallery]

More 'if anyone cares' trivia:

www.cameraeccentric.com has early 1900's Wollensak catalogs online.

Looks like the basic single cyclinder, T/B/25/50/100 Shutter was called the "Winner" model and their slower symmetrical lenses were called Rapid Rectilinears.US aperture 8-128 = f11-45. US4 = f/8 lenses were called something else.