Interesting camera

baachitraka · Nov 3, 2019

Any idea does this camera take Rolex roll film holder?

AgX · Nov 3, 2019

Is the lens retractable? The design of the other front elements makes me expect such. But I do not see a sign of a repective mechanism.

baachitraka · Nov 3, 2019

No idea but I presume they are point-and-shoot.

AgX · Nov 3, 2019

It got 5 aperture settings and 8 shutter speeds, plus T and B
Hard to believe it then got no focusing feature. But it seems so.

Kino · Nov 3, 2019

Is that not the focus wheel on the top of the camera back?

Edit: Yes. See this auction: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Goerz-Tena...992808?hash=item4b627e51a8:g:i9MAAOSwZVpcrRx1

AndyH · Nov 3, 2019

Have you checked to see that the control on the lower right is not controlling focus by moving the struts? That would be my first guess. This is a Goerz Plate Tenax, made from about 1909, so I doubt it takes a back that was first used in the late 1930s. It clearly shows the focus dial in this position. You couldn't have much use for a camera using plates this large with a fixed focus.

http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Plate_Tenax

Andy

PS: Here's a link to one that was auctioned off in 2008. It has some better pictures and is definitely the same model you have.

http://www.auction2000.se/auk/w.Object?inC=WLPA&inA=14&inO=797

macfred · Nov 3, 2019

From butkus.com : ''The focussing is performed by means of a milled dial on top of the camera and gives distances up to 1 1/2 yards …''

AgX · Nov 3, 2019

Kino got it right!
U guess that knob controls the maximum opening angle of the four struts.

We now should consider the OP's question...

Kino · Nov 3, 2019

Yes, it will take a roll film back for 127:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/134794061@N07/30926621918

AndyH · Nov 3, 2019

AgX said:
Kino got it right!
U guess that knob controls the maximum opening angle of the four struts.

We now should consider the OP's question...

The dial on the front plate seems to be a parallax adjustment for the viewfinder upon closer examination.

I would say the answer to the opening question is no. The photos from the auction show the back is screwed on rather than removable. If you're not concerned about damage, I suppose you could rig up something using parts from a Linhof.

http://www.auction2000.se/auk/w.Object?inC=WLPA&inA=14&inO=797

Andy

macfred · Nov 3, 2019

A few informations about : http://www.earlyphotography.co.uk/site/entry_C22.html

AgX · Nov 3, 2019

AndyH said:
The dial on the front plate seems to be a parallax adjustment for the viewfinder upon closer examination.

The upper dial sets the aperture (you can do the math), the lower the shutter.

The sample in post #1 got a close-up lens atttached, that made the lens seem to protrude more than necessary.

AndyH · Nov 3, 2019

AgX said:
The upper dial sets the aperture (you can do the math), the lower the shutter.

The sample in post #1 got a close-up lens atttached, that made the lens seem to protrude more than necessary.

You are quite right. The numbers on the upper dial are more visible on several of the photos that others have linked. It's an odd set of f stops. I wonder if they are actually T-stops? Not sure of the sequence.

Andy

baachitraka · Nov 3, 2019

Front two dials are for aperture and shutter. Small knob above the lens is for T, bulb and moment modes...

Don't know whether top knob actually adjust the focussing...

Just for dagor lens and digging more info about this camera...

AndyH · Nov 3, 2019

baachitraka said:
Don't know whether top knob actually adjust the focussing...
..

I think you'll find that there is a linkage between the knob on the top and the struts. It may be frozen in position, but should be repairable. Try turning it, and if necessary, attack the linkage with solvents.

Andy

baachitraka · Nov 3, 2019

I don't have this camera yet but it could have been interesting with 120 film (not bad with 127)...

I was reading about Dagor lens and this came up. So, I thought of finding some information about this camera.

AgX · Nov 3, 2019

AndyH said:
It's an odd set of f stops. I wonder if they are actually T-stops? Not sure of the sequence.

It is not odd at all.
It is the so-called 1/3-stops series. Whereas when with modern lenses the largest aperture is a 1/3 stop (like 2.5) and the settings go on in the full-stop series, at the Tenax it starts with a 1/3 stop (4.5) and goes on in equal stops.

You see, the actual odd sequences are to find at modern lenses...

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