Type: Dallmeyer Telephoto Attachment
Date: July 29, 1896
Notes: This is the matching teleaccessory for the Stigmatic Series II No. 5 below. Serial No. 55,981 and the same lens that is photographed in the Lens Collector’s Vade Mecum. This thing is incredibly hard to focus and responds closer to f/32 when the No. 5 is full open.
Type: Bausch and Lomb Three Focus RO and C Co
Date: c1902
Notes: This is the main lens from my 1902 Pony Premo 6, but the example black and white photos were taken on the 4×5 Speed Graphic, even though this is nominally a 5×7 lens. The Pony Premo 6 uses 5×7 plates, but the bellows create blocks that result in only 4×5 exposures.
Type: 8 Inch Cooke Series II
Date: 1908
Notes: This is the main lens from my 1908 5×7 Press Graflex which is sadly not yet functional. The example photographs were taken on the 4×5 Speed Graphic.
Type: 135mm Graflex Optar
Date: c1945
Notes: This is the stock lens and front shutter from my 1945 4×5 Speed Graphic.