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[Reiner]

I have recently bought a cheap old 6x9cm folder just because it had a Compur-Rapid shutter. The lens is a Velostigmat. From some Google searches I leared that it was produced by Wollensak in Rochester,USA. Strange, a german camera of the late 30ties w

[Peterw]

Hi Reiner,
 
The Velostigmat was a lens name used by the Wollensak Optical Company, Rochester, NY for many years. The first Velostigmat in 1909 was a Tessar-type layout. A few of the later ones were triplets, and a few were six-element Gauss

[Reiner]

Hi Peter,
 
thank you for your reply. In the meantime I have identified the camera. It does not have any marque of producer indication and it is a simple 6x9 folder of the 30ties as many others are. It seems to be a Rona made by Kamerafabrik Dresde