My 165mm f5.3 Tessar is in a Dial set Compur shutter, it was made in 1924/5. It's in I think the same size Compur #0 as the 165mm f6.3, but there's 3 variations of the shutter. The 165mm f6.3 Tessar and Dial set Compur is from 1913, my 120mm f6.8 Dagor from the same year but in one of the last small Compounds.
I suspect the one you linked to wouldn't fit a Rim set Compur #1 so is in a Compound #2. The 165mm f4.5 was available in a shutter, I have a 210mm f4.5 in a Compound #3.
I have 2 135mm f4.5 Tessars, one is on a 9x12 Patent Etui in Turkey it's in a Dial set Compur #1 I think 1927, the other is from 1912 and in a sunken mount for an SLR., I need to test them. The one I used on a Crown Graphic (came with the camera) was a newer version from the 30's and used a new Jena glass same as the Novar and Summar. the glass used for the front element is softer and prone problems.
It's time I tested these Tessars
Ian
I suspect the one you linked to wouldn't fit a Rim set Compur #1 so is in a Compound #2. The 165mm f4.5 was available in a shutter, I have a 210mm f4.5 in a Compound #3.
I have 2 135mm f4.5 Tessars, one is on a 9x12 Patent Etui in Turkey it's in a Dial set Compur #1 I think 1927, the other is from 1912 and in a sunken mount for an SLR., I need to test them. The one I used on a Crown Graphic (came with the camera) was a newer version from the 30's and used a new Jena glass same as the Novar and Summar. the glass used for the front element is softer and prone problems.
It's time I tested these Tessars
Ian
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