Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co.
Korona Wide Angle Camera
8x10
Date Introduced: - ; Years Manufactured: c. 1925
- 1931
Construction: rear focus
via rack and pinion (two gear tracks on top of base rails); double
swing; reversing by removable back; three-piece lensboard
Materials: walnut-stained cherry body, cherry base, black
leatherette bellows (leather optional); nickeled hardware
Sizes Offered: 8x10 only
Notes: This model was offered
for at least 6 years, but is extremely rare due to its purpose dedicated to only
extreme wide angle photography. The bed is scarcely five inches long, and
has no provision for being extended. The lens must be selected with care
to cover the plate. Only a few lenses would be suitable. The lens
above is not.
References:
Photographic Lenses and Korona Cameras, Gundlach-Manhattan
Optical Co. Catalog No. 25, 1925,
insert
Catalogue No. 31 of Cameras, Kodaks, Lenses and
Photographic Accessories 1926-1927, Central Camera
Co. (Chicago, IL), 1926, p. 67
Photographic Materials, Mail Order Catalog No. 131,
George Murphy, Inc. (New York, NY), April 1931, p. 32
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