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Revision as of 19:26, 21 January 2007

The Dallmeyer Dual is a 4.5×6 folding camera, sold in 1931. It has a strange aspect, with vertically oriented barn doors and a lens plate mounted on scissor struts. The lens is a Dallmeyer Dalmac Anastigmat 3"/3.5, and the shutter is a Compur rimset T, B, 1–250 with selftimer. They are mounted on a focusing helical. The metal body is leather covered, there is a folding frame finder and a folding leg with a curved shape.

Serial numbers:

  • s/n D109 (eBay auction), lens 143137
  • s/n D154 (Christies 11/3/1993, again at Westlicht #9 20/5/2006), lens 143852
  • s/n D210 (eBay auction), lens 145891

Bibliography

  • British Camera Makers, N. Channing & M. Dunn, ed. Parkland Designs