Dallmeyer No 5 Rectiliner

[CanDoBlue]

Hey all! I’m new to APUG, but I wanted to show off my J H Dallmeyer London No. 5 Rectilinear Wide Angle lens. SN 47953 . The lens will throw an image circle of 21inches by 25inches. Included below are a few photos of the lens and the Dallmeyer info sheet on its specs. I picked this up locally in Mississippi for a heckin good deal. I plan to start building a camera (20x24) for it in the coming weekends, gonna start with paper negs and maybe move to wetplates.

 

[BrianShaw]

Sweeeeet, and welcome! But new since 2016... and what’s APUG?

 

[CanDoBlue]

Sweeeeet, and welcome! But new since 2016... and what’s APUG?

I believe I made an account to ask a question and totally forgot about it. I’m gonna try and be an active lurker & sometimes poster. Also APUG is the old name for one of the forums Photrio swallowed. Analog Photography Users Group

 

[Ron (Netherlands)]

Wow, must weigh a ton! I just got a Butcher RR lens which reads on its rim: 10x12 and it seems almost as big as your nr. 5 - but I guess yours can be smaller since it is a WAR.

of course it was received with a fake lens cap
but luckily came with a nice fitting big flange ....

 

[Tom Evans]

Nice to see a well-used Rapid Rectilinear! I expect you've found the Dallmeyer stock book and catalogue on-line, which will tell you exactly when your lens was made (and how much it cost)? I have a Record Rapid no 9, '15 x 12"' made in 1875 (entered into Dallmeyer's stock book on 27 May). Photo attached. I'm also lucky enough to have the camera and dark slides it was used with, a 15x12 JT Chapman 'British' of c1886. This has now been brought back to life and is in use (with a front of lens Packard shutter) - all restoration 'non-destructive' and reversible. See the website at evans-hulf.com for more about the story.

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[Thib]

wow these are awesome!