[LargeFormat] Re: Aero-Ektars

[Les Newcomer]

I took a tour of the Yankee air Museum in nearby Ypsilanti, MI  about 10
years ago and was lucky enoguh to have a tour guide that was a vet.  At one
point he stopped at an aerial photo of Germany  and told a great war story
that ended, "the reason i know so much about this photo is that I was the
one that took it and I used that camera over there"  I should see if he's
still around.

Les

> From: Clive Warren <cocam@cableinet.co.uk>
> Reply-To: largeformat@f32.net
> Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 22:06:48 +0000
> To: largeformat@f32.net
> Subject: [LargeFormat] Re: Aero-Ektars
> 
> At 9:12 pm -0600 26/1/02, Michael Briggs wrote:
> snip
>> I have posted some information on my webpage:
>> http://home.earthlink.net/~michaelbriggs/aeroektar/aeroektar.html
>> I update this about monthly as I have time or new information.
>> 
>> Could you (and anyone else on the list) send me the rim data (esp. the serial
>> number) from your Aero-Ektars?   I suggest sending rim data privately by
>> email
>> so as not to bore the other list members.   I am trying to determine what
>> versions were made and an estimate of the production dates and volumes.
>> 
>> The photos of the Clive's lens in the Alphax shutter show a yellow dot on the
>> rim.  This is only the second yellow dot marking that I have seen.   As yet,
>> I
>> don't know what it means.
> snip
> 
> Yes, delighted to help out. Will send you the info. on the 7" lenses
> sitting here. One doesn't have a rim but luckily the serial number is
> scratched onto the top lens casing. By my reckoning, all the lenses
> (I have three) were made in 1944 and two of them have the yellow dot!
> The third may have had a dot when it originally had a rim (the rim is
> held on by a fine screw thread).
> 
> Your web page is excellent and look forward to reading more about the
> history of the lenses. I have seen them mounted in various aerial
> cameras and was surprised to find one in an alphax shutter that has
> clearly been made for the lens with an appropriate aperture scale.
> 
> If you can find out more about the people who actually used the
> cameras that would be interesting. I guess they were seen as just
> another tool at the time - some period photos taken with the cameras
> would be great also. I bet that most of the photos have been
> destroyed over the years, however some must still exist in musty
> archives somewhere...... You are probably in a very good position to
> gain access to any such photos that still exist in the US.
> 
> Cheers,
> Clive
> 
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