5x7 Long Focus Reversible Back Montauk Gennert Folding View Camera 1898 RARE
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:6889176 | Model: 5x7 |
| Type: 5x7 View Camera | Country/Region of Manufacture: United States |
| Brand: Gennert |
This is a Long Focus Reversible Back Montauk folding View Camera. It is 5x7 format.
It was manufactured by G Gennert in New York in 1898.
The camera is Mahogany and covered in leather.
The leather is scratched up but the wood looks like new.
All the metal parts are brass.
It has a Bausch & Lomb lens that has a combination diaphragm and leaf shutter. It has the number “22608”
The front element has the markings in the outer brass ring: “Dopper - An...astigmat D. R. P. No. 74437”
The lens elements are clean and have no marks.
The mahogany lens board is easily removable. The front rises and falls.
This has two leather bellows, a conical one in front and a square one in the rear.
I don’t see any light leaks on either.
The front one has some staining on top.
The wood frame back that has a ground glass that is clean and undamaged.
The reversing back feature mean you can remove the back and re-attach it at 90 degrees.
It allows for film plates to be inserted in it. It has a tilt feature.
The handle on top has some leather missing.
There are two hinged windows on the box. One on top and one on the side. The side one has a loose hinge. This is for easy loading of plates with the back bellows closed.
If this came with a small viewer on the front ramp it is long gone.
A special extension rack and pinion movement for careful and accurate focusing is part of this model. It moves well.
Under the lens is an ivory plate that said “Long Focus Montauk” but it is mostly worn off.
The focusing scale has “G Gennert” on it.
The front ramp has another plate the says “Almer Coe Cameras & Supplies, 65 State St Chicago”.
The shutter has the speeds 3, 2, 1, 1/2, 1/5, 1/25, 1/50 and 1/100 marked on it .I tested them and they still seem very accurate.
The diaphragm scale lists 2.9, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128 and 256.
The shutter and diaphragm work very well.
Patent date on the shutter/lens says “Bausch & Lomb Opt. Co. Jan 6 1891 NY Rochester Chicago”.
There is a tripod mounting hole on the bottom of the box.
When opened it is 26 inches by 9 inches.
The front platform has the number #10900 stamped into the wood.
Overall size when closed is 10x10x71/2 inches.
This is in unbelievable condition. Everything works. This is a RARE find.
I hope I am not forgetting anything. Contact me with questions.
I am selling a large quantity of photographic and darkroom equipment from an estate. Watch for my other auctions in the future.
While I know what most of this stuff is, some of it is outside of my expertise as a professional photographer.
I am listing what I know about an item.
I ship everything by USPS Priority Mail as they provide packaging and include insurance.
Don’t ask me to choose a different method of shipment.
Everything is sold as is.
It was manufactured by G Gennert in New York in 1898.
The camera is Mahogany and covered in leather.
The leather is scratched up but the wood looks like new.
All the metal parts are brass.
It has a Bausch & Lomb lens that has a combination diaphragm and leaf shutter. It has the number “22608”
The front element has the markings in the outer brass ring: “Dopper - An...astigmat D. R. P. No. 74437”
The lens elements are clean and have no marks.
The mahogany lens board is easily removable. The front rises and falls.
This has two leather bellows, a conical one in front and a square one in the rear.
I don’t see any light leaks on either.
The front one has some staining on top.
The wood frame back that has a ground glass that is clean and undamaged.
The reversing back feature mean you can remove the back and re-attach it at 90 degrees.
It allows for film plates to be inserted in it. It has a tilt feature.
The handle on top has some leather missing.
There are two hinged windows on the box. One on top and one on the side. The side one has a loose hinge. This is for easy loading of plates with the back bellows closed.
If this came with a small viewer on the front ramp it is long gone.
A special extension rack and pinion movement for careful and accurate focusing is part of this model. It moves well.
Under the lens is an ivory plate that said “Long Focus Montauk” but it is mostly worn off.
The focusing scale has “G Gennert” on it.
The front ramp has another plate the says “Almer Coe Cameras & Supplies, 65 State St Chicago”.
The shutter has the speeds 3, 2, 1, 1/2, 1/5, 1/25, 1/50 and 1/100 marked on it .I tested them and they still seem very accurate.
The diaphragm scale lists 2.9, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128 and 256.
The shutter and diaphragm work very well.
Patent date on the shutter/lens says “Bausch & Lomb Opt. Co. Jan 6 1891 NY Rochester Chicago”.
There is a tripod mounting hole on the bottom of the box.
When opened it is 26 inches by 9 inches.
The front platform has the number #10900 stamped into the wood.
Overall size when closed is 10x10x71/2 inches.
This is in unbelievable condition. Everything works. This is a RARE find.
I hope I am not forgetting anything. Contact me with questions.
I am selling a large quantity of photographic and darkroom equipment from an estate. Watch for my other auctions in the future.
While I know what most of this stuff is, some of it is outside of my expertise as a professional photographer.
I am listing what I know about an item.
I ship everything by USPS Priority Mail as they provide packaging and include insurance.
Don’t ask me to choose a different method of shipment.
Everything is sold as is.
