Thornton Pickard Lens

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Ian-Barber

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Does anyone know what this may be worth listing for

Thornton Pickard RectoPlanat f/8 - f/64

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It's a Beck lens, value around £20-£30, they were the standard lenses on TP field cameras. The company (TP) used TT&H Cooke lenses on their SLRs.

Ian
 
Ian Grant said:
It's a Beck lens, value around £20-£30, they were the standard lenses on TP field cameras. The company (TP) used TT&H Cooke lenses on their SLRs.

Ian
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Thanks Ian, I will stick it on eBay for £30 and see what happens I think
 
It's a Rapid Rectilinear lens, check its FL, it looks like the 6". I have 2 or 3 that FL, one in a Bausch & Lomb shutter on a 110 camera.

Ian
 
More likely an 8", for a Half plate camera.

Ian
 
Yes, and easy to find a shutter for it as well. I was going to test using a DSLR and some bellows, but the rear cell diameter is just a fraction too wide to fit.

Ian
 
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Depends on the shutter type. Thornton Pickard roller blind shutters came in two types, Front Fitting and Between Lens. The latter take changeable front panels, so can be used with more than one lens, there are variations - the one below is a Snapshot, some have speed dials.

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This one is a Between Lens type, but has no speed dial indicator. Instead, you tension for slow medium and fast, by the number of turns of the tension spring

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The Speed indicator is at the bottom. This is my 20" Rapid Rectilinear that fits my 12" x10" camera, it also fits my 10" x 8" cameras via an adapter board.

There's also the single speed Luc/Day/Gitzo front fitting leaf shutters, some have flash sync.

Ian
 
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