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Re: Questions regarding age and design of a Dallmeyer lens

David Silver — Mon, 13 May 2013 22:49:24 GMT

Hi Marcel, That's perfect! Thanks for the help! Best wishes, David Silver - President International Photographic Historical Organization E-mail:

Re: Questions regarding age and design of a Dallmeyer lens

Marcel Safier — Mon, 13 May 2013 21:05:58 GMT

Hi David Your 12 x 10 lens No. 47165 was produced on 20 March 1890. There were a number of rigid and sliding designs produced in that plate coverage. Here is a

Re: Questions regarding age and design of a Dallmeyer lens

Maren /Fred Friedman — Mon, 13 May 2013 21:01:34 GMT

David, The serial #47165 places the lens in the 1889-1890 period according to a listing I have from Milan Zahorcak using interpolated data. The #4831 would be

Questions regarding age and design of a Dallmeyer lens

David Silver — Mon, 13 May 2013 20:48:56 GMT

Hello everybody, I have this Dallmeyer Rapid Rectilinear 12 x 10 Patent lens, serial number 47165, and I'm puzzled over the design:

Re: Buron of Paris

Marcel Safier — Sun, 12 May 2013 00:56:44 GMT

Hi Dan I hope you bought the Buron dagurreotype camera on eBay: tinyurl.com/d5o7ub5. ;-) Cheers! Marcel* ... ======= Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or

Re: Buron of Paris

Michael Pritchard — Fri, 10 May 2013 20:14:45 GMT

Anne McCauley's Industrial Madness makes reference to Buron. '.the optician Buron, whose father started a business in 1788 that he took over in 1818 and who

Re: Buron of Paris

Gregory Popovitch — Fri, 10 May 2013 16:35:17 GMT

Dan, I found a lot of history on Buron (in French) in this reference: http://tinyurl.com/bnsn2og Unfortunately I didn't find his first name. Also this page is

Re: Buron of Paris

Marcel Safier — Fri, 10 May 2013 10:18:06 GMT

Hi Dan You should try asking Jean Loup Princelle who is writing the books on French camera and lens makers (but he hasn't replied to my last emails).

Buron of Paris

dcolucci@... — Fri, 10 May 2013 10:10:24 GMT

Hello W&B Gang, I have found some information on the Parisian optician, Buron who was involved in the earliest days of daguerreotypy, including producing two

Re: J.H. Steward camera

Marcel Safier — Thu, 09 May 2013 21:19:05 GMT

Ken Your Steward looks very similar to a Ross branded half plate I have. I doubt Ross made this camera. It is packed away though, somewhere... Cheers! Marcel

Re: J.H. Steward camera

Kenneth — Thu, 09 May 2013 20:08:29 GMT

I psted a photo album titled "JH Steward and Unknown Field Camera" on the yahoo group. Along with the Steward camera, I included pictures of a very similar

Re: J.H. Steward camera

Michael Pritchard — Tue, 07 May 2013 18:20:34 GMT

I have a run of Steward trade catalogues if you can provide an image. Regards Dr Michael Pritchard www.mpritchard.com

Re: J.H. Steward camera

ericevans2000 — Tue, 07 May 2013 08:43:54 GMT

Ken, The entry for my Steward camera on my web site is the best I can offer. It may be better than nothing. See: www.woodandbrass.co.uk Eric.

J.H. Steward camera

Kenneth — Mon, 06 May 2013 18:17:45 GMT

Does anyone have any reference materials for the J.H. Steward field cameras? I have a half plate tailboard camera with a Steward label (in excellent shape),

Re: A Visual Compendium of Kodak Catalogs

Milan Zahorcak** — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:00:01 GMT

Thank you Marcel & Rob. I blush as modestly as I can . . . OK, I know that isn't much, but it sounds humble, right? But as a big believer in shameless