{"id":31036,"date":"2025-03-20T01:03:09","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T05:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/?p=31036"},"modified":"2025-03-20T01:22:58","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T05:22:58","slug":"the-eye-looker-redux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/the-eye-looker-redux\/","title":{"rendered":"the eye looker redux"},"content":{"rendered":"
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c1929 ad for the tiny microscope. Note the amount of text used.<\/p><\/div>\n

Toronto<\/strong>. I mentioned in earlier post that we camera collectors sometimes collect other oddball optical gadgets too. In the last issue (22-2) Ev wrote about a 1901 souvenir he discovered amongst Brodie Whitelaw’s gear and suggested it was a Stanhope viewer of sorts.<\/p>\n

In the following issue (22-3) Ev reported on the messages he received in response to the article. His latest article, ‘“Mys<\/span>ter<\/span>y <\/span>within Enigma” so<\/span>l<\/span>ve<\/span>d” covers some of the responses including ads submitted to him.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Ev writes,”Ge<\/span>n<\/span>er<\/span>ous r<\/span>eaders from Michigan <\/span>and\u00a0Cal<\/span>ifornia <\/span>t<\/span>el<\/span>ep<\/span>h<\/span>oned, <\/span>wrote and faxed,\u00a0<\/span>joining <\/span>l<\/span>ocal <\/span>coll<\/span>ectors with <\/span>expl<\/span>an<\/span>ati<\/span>ons\u00a0abo<\/span>ut <\/span>the device s<\/span>h<\/span>own <\/span>in <\/span>th<\/span>e <\/span>previous\u00a0<\/span>i<\/span>ssue a<\/span>nd <\/span>I <\/span>thank them a<\/span>ll.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Bill <\/span>Carroll <\/span>of <\/span>La <\/span>Entrada, <\/span>CA<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>photographed <\/span>hi<\/span>s co<\/span>ll<\/span>ection of <\/span>six with <\/span>a\u00a0n<\/span>ew APS \u00a0[35mm film with a new kind of cassette] c<\/span>amera and ex<\/span>p<\/span>l<\/span>ain<\/span>ed that <\/span>th<\/span>e\u00a0gl<\/span>ass block <\/span>and small <\/span>l<\/span>ens were on<\/span>e pi<\/span>ece.\u00a0T<\/span>h<\/span>er<\/span>e are sli<\/span>gh<\/span>t <\/span>si<\/span>ze vari<\/span>ati<\/span>ons in <\/span>th<\/span>e size\u00a0of <\/span>Bi<\/span>ll<\/span>‘s <\/span>brass <\/span>exampl<\/span>es. One is <\/span>st<\/span>amp<\/span>ed\u00a0J<\/span>apan <\/span>and <\/span>t<\/span>wo have <\/span>n<\/span>o apertu<\/span>res in <\/span>th<\/span>e\u00a0body. <\/span>In<\/span>structi<\/span>ons on <\/span>a box are i<\/span>n\u00a0<\/span>Spanish, <\/span>French a<\/span>nd <\/span>E<\/span>n<\/span>g<\/span>li<\/span>s<\/span>h.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The <\/span>l<\/span>arger <\/span>l<\/span>en<\/span>s un<\/span>i<\/span>t <\/span>i<\/span>s <\/span>a comp<\/span>l<\/span>ete\u00a0magnifi<\/span>e<\/span>r.<\/span> T<\/span>u<\/span>be <\/span>length a<\/span>nd <\/span>four apertures\u00a0<\/span>all<\/span>ow it<\/span>s u<\/span>se <\/span>on opaqu<\/span>e speci<\/span>mens.\u00a0<\/span>Th<\/span>e <\/span>small<\/span>er l<\/span>en<\/span>s and gl<\/span>ass bl<\/span>ock unit\u00a0<\/span>produces <\/span>about <\/span>26X m<\/span>agnifi<\/span>cati<\/span>on <\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>smears on the b<\/span>l<\/span>ock face ([PHSC past president] Don Dougla<\/span>s\u00a0<\/span>used b<\/span>l<\/span>ood) o<\/span>r <\/span>an <\/span>in<\/span>sec<\/span>t <\/span>or <\/span>flower pe<\/span>t<\/span>a<\/span>l\u00a0<\/span>impal<\/span>ed on <\/span>the pin w<\/span>hi<\/span>ch ca<\/span>n <\/span>pass\u00a0through the body tube.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Bob <\/span>Cart<\/span>er<\/span>‘<\/span>s scope i<\/span>s al<\/span>so of <\/span>bra<\/span>ss.\u00a0<\/span>J<\/span>ohn <\/span>Nasl<\/span>ani<\/span>c‘<\/span>s (MiPHS<\/span>) cat<\/span>al<\/span>og <\/span>sh<\/span>eet [see large illustration at left] <\/span>i<\/span>s\u00a0a<\/span>l<\/span>most a <\/span>tr<\/span>ea<\/span>ti<\/span>se o<\/span>n <\/span>its u<\/span>se, a<\/span>t h<\/span>a<\/span>l<\/span>f th<\/span>e\u00a0<\/span>price, <\/span>postpaid, <\/span>of <\/span>my 1<\/span>90<\/span>1 m<\/span>ode<\/span>l.<\/span><\/p>\n

“According to def<\/span>in<\/span>ition it <\/span>i<\/span>s s<\/span>till <\/span>a ‘S<\/span>tanhope’.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Toronto. I mentioned in earlier post that we camera collectors sometimes collect other oddball optical gadgets too. In the last issue (22-2) Ev wrote about a 1901 souvenir he discovered amongst Brodie Whitelaw’s gear and suggested it was a Stanhope … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1944],"tags":[2534,512,1731],"class_list":["post-31036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history","tag-instructions","tag-microscope","tag-optical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31036"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31039,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31036\/revisions\/31039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}