Ensign Carbine 6x9

vilva · Joined: 04 Mar 2007 Posts: 556 Location: Vantaa, Finland

Just bought this one: Click here to see on Ebay. The price could have been slightly lower, but I wanted this lens (Aldis Uno Anastigmat f/6.3 4.25"), and the shutter is better than usual. I haven't yet decided whether I'll use the camera as such or just cannibalize the lens. The Uno isn't necessarily as sharp as a Tessar, but the contrast is supposed to be better because it is a 2+1 configuration, i.e. has two air-to-glass surfaces less than the Tessar, which is 1+1+2. The Vademecum characterizes the UNO as follows: "Perhaps a minor landmark but interesting as a simplification of the triplet" and "very nice contrasty lens and fully usable today".

Veijo

Orio · Joined: 24 Feb 2007 Posts: 12686 Location: West Emilia

Very interesting, Veijo. God only knows how you can know all these ancient lenses.
I'm looking forward to the image results.

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LucisPictor · Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 5:19 pm Post subject:

Veijo, do you use Kadlubek's camera catalogue? Would be a nice source for you (additionally to the Vademecum), cause he lists even very old cams in this catalogue (which is different from the lens catalogue I have).
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vilva · Joined: 04 Mar 2007 Posts: 556 Location: Vantaa, Finland

vilva · Joined: 04 Mar 2007 Posts: 556 Location: Vantaa, Finland

vilva · Joined: 04 Mar 2007 Posts: 556 Location: Vantaa, Finland

The Carbine arrived, very quickly. The lens looks fine, but the front standard is tilted and doesn't seem worthwhile to try to straighten up as often is the case with these old folder cameras. Well, now I'll have no pangs of conscience extracting the lens for use on a dSLR, and maybe I can use the body for a pinhole camera - the body is very flat, only about 30 mm, so it would be a really wide angle 6x9, with a lot of vignetting, of course. I'll test the lens as soon as I've mounted it - and the weather permits.

Veijo

Jesito · Joined: 24 Aug 2007 Posts: 2406 Location: Sitges, (Spain)