Landscape Lenses - Antique and Vintage Cameras

Landscape Narrow Angle

W. Wray

Highgate

England

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f11, 10"

Lens Type:
Single achromat.

Wheel stops to f64. Brass mount. For 7 ½" x 5".

Serial Number:
5574 .

Produced in focal lengths from 7 ½" (5" x 4") - 21" (15" x 12"). Production ended prior to 1900.

References & Notes:
BJA 1890, p. 52. PA 1891, p. cxxii.

Single Achromat

W. Wray

Highgate

England

f8, 25"

Lens Type:
Single achromat.

Waterhouse stops. Brass mount.

Serial Number:
7169 .

With:
Flange.

References & Notes:
BJA 1889, p. 62.

Portable View

J. Swift & Son

London

England

f11, 9"

Lens Type:
Single achromat.

Waterhouse stops. Brass mount.

Serial Number:
3289 (1890s) .

Rapid Landscape

Perken Son & Rayment

London

England

f11, 8 ½"

Lens Type:
Single achromat.

Wheel stops marked 1 - 5. Brass mount. For 7" x 5".

With:
Lens cap.

This is a landscape lens of normal angle produced in lengths of 5 ½ - 18" for 5" x 4" to 10" x 12".

References & Notes:
BJA 1890, p. 127. BJA 1892, p. 127. Beginner's Guide to Photography, 1889, p. 109.

Un-named Landscape Lenses

f10, c.12"

Waterhouse stops. Brass conical mount.

Similar lenses were advertised by Morley & Cooper as the 'Quick Acting Continental'.

References & Notes:
BJA 1892, p. 256.

f11, c.7 ¾"

Iris diaphragm to f64. Brass mount with sliding focusing.

With:
Flange.

f11, c.5"

Iris diaphragm to f44. Brass mount. For quarter-plate. c.1900s.

Stereo Pair

W. Wray

Highgate

England

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f11, 5"

Wheel stops to f45. Brass mount.

Serial Number:
9270, 9271 , (mid 1890s).

With:
Flanges.

References & Notes:
BJA 1890, p. 53.

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