Dumb - missed the bit about the small bayonet! probably Exacta mount.
Steinheil had some nice designs - look at this for a late 40's P&S -
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1265012867
AndrewF
Daniel J. Mitchell wrote -
> The lens part says "Steinheil Munchen Culminar 1:4.5 f=10.5cm VL Nr.
>676080" on the front. It's pretty dusty, but no scratches/fungus that I can
>see.
Steinheil were a well known German company (Munich) who made low cost
lenses for Exacta, Leica, and I've seen them on a Kodak stereo camera too.
Fair quality but nothing spectacular. 105mm is probably an Exacta type (VL
may be an Exacta model - I know there was a VX) - does it have a bayonet
mount? If it has a Leica thread mount I'd love to try it out on one of my
Russian rangefinders! I suspect it's not for a rangefinder, though, because
105 is not one of the standard focal lengths you find on accessory
viewfinders - usually 85 and 135 in tele range.
> There's another bit screwed onto the front of the lens, but this isn't
>coming off any time soon; it has "Kodak series VI Adapter ring No.26 Made In
>USA" written on it. On the front of _this_ is another thin ring, looks sort
>of like a filter adapter, but it doesn't have threads on the outside, it's
>got a black ring instead. This final ring does unscrew from the adapter bit.
>
The Steinheil probably has an odd filter size like 39mm, 40.5mm or 41mm.
The Kodak series adaptor allowed the use of Series 6 size filters which
have no thread - they're held in place by the second retaining ring.
AndrewF
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