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a lot of brass …

Toronto. … as my mother used to say. At tomorrow’s fair lot 299 features an old Bausch & Lomb brass lens with a coverage of  12×15 inches called an “Extra Rapid Universal” lens complete with a lens mount but no … Continue reading

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what’s in a name

Toronto. In the early days of photographic lens design there was no established standard for the data recorded on the lens. Early lenses usually had the patent number and/or date shown, but what else was needed? The coverage of the … Continue reading

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