Richard Verascope

[P3D Bob Aldridge <bob.aldridge@xxxxxx>]

Grant Campos  wrote:

->Hi,
-> 
->I ran into a guy at the post office today, and got to talking about
->cameras to make a long story less long, we exchanged email addresses
->and he has a camera that I might want to buy.  Here is his
->description: 
->> The stereo camera I was telling you about is a Richard Verascope,
->made in > France, with Rodenstock lenses.  I would doubt that you
->would want to try > to use it; apart from anything else, I don't know
->what kind of film you > could use or whether it is even available. 
->But as a collector's item it > is pretty nice.                       
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->What should I ask him, and what is an appropriate price.  I read in
->the archive s 
->enough to know that the earlier ones used other types of film.  What
->other type s
->of film did the various Richard verasopes use?
-> 
->I think he said that the leather was missing.

To which Jon Golden replied:

->Hmmm. A Verascope with Rodenstock lenses? Haven't encountered an F40
->with those...

A number of people have replaced the Berthiot lenses, but they,ve
usually used Zuikos from Olympus Trips.

I guess the camera in question here is one of the ones for the 45 x 107
size - a standard in Europe until the "Realist system" was designed with
its slightly smaller mounts. These Verascopes were designed for glass
plates, but there were 127 film adapters available. Other Verascopes
were designed for the other standard format of the day - 6 x 13cm. There
was a 120 film back for this format. These cameras are relatively common
- but NOT with the roll film backs!

Hope this helps

Bob Aldridge
Stereoscopic Society Projectionist.
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