5x7 Camera Project

[Brian Reynolds <reynolds@xxxxxxxxx>]

At the recent New York City Camera Show I came upon a nice 5x7 camera
that (after a couple of days of waffling) I had to buy.  The name
plate on the front says it is a Criterion by Gundlach-Manhattan
Optical Co. from Rochester, NY.  It has front rise rise and shift and
rear swing and tilt.  Focusing is via a geared track that folds down
and is fastened to the front of the camera via a captive screw.  The
bottom of the camera and extension bed are marked 23.  The lens board
opening is about 130mm by 85mm.

Does anyone have more information on this camera?  Was a 4x5 reducing
back made for this camera?  When I get a chance I'll take a Polaroid
and put it up on my web page.  It may be a while as my computer is
down and I have to borrow time on my wife's computer.

I'm now working on converting this to a stereo camera for contact
printing Holmes cards.  What sort of lenses should I be looking for?
I figure medium format lenses probably won't cover half a 5x7 sheet,
but 5x7 and 4x5 lenses may be too big to mount side by side on this
camera.  Barrel mounted lenses would fit, but making the exposures
would be a pain unless I could find one of those Packard stereo
shutters.  Of course there are always pinholes, which I will probably
do first anyway.

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Brian Reynolds                  | "Humans explore the Universe with five
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