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    Posted 13 years ago

    Adger
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    The above was with my grandfather's cameras, probably purchased around 1890's or so. The back has a sliding focusing glass / film holder about 2 1/4 x 3 1/4. Extension tube along with "camera." Anyone out there know what it is?

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    1. rniederman rniederman, 13 years ago
      Can you post clearer images showing some of the construction detail? Is there a lens in the tube, and if so, does it create a sharp image on the ground glass? If there is no lens, my thought is this might be a microscope camera since there doesn't appear to be focusing mechanics, etc.
    2. Adger, 13 years ago
      There is no lens. My origional thought was the same as yours, that it must be a microscope camera. I know grandfather took pictures through his microscope as I have seen them. I had donated them along with his notes years ago to Va Tech where he taught 1890-1920 appx. There are no identifying marks on the device, it's a box, the brass piece, and the sliding back. I have his R&J Beck microscope and it does fit on top. I have been told by a supposed expert that it is not a microscope camera as there is no focusing mechanism. I assumed that the focusing was done through the microscope.

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