Humongous Glass

[Almass]

Guess what was these lenses usage?

The box and coin is for sizing only and a hint: Post Production and Printing

I will be very strongly surprised if anyone can guess what these "were" for?

[JohnMM]

Enlarger condenser lens(es) ?

[Mike G]

[quote JohnMM - Enlarger condenser lens(es) ?

That would be my guess as well?

[Akira]

Ah, ha!  The condenser lens for an enlarger that can handle 14x24 negs?

[stenrasmussen]

Obviously lenses for reading glasses - part of King Kong's kit in "King Kong - the silverback and his old woman".

[Almass]

These are lenses used in a Compugraphic Phototypesetting machine.

With the advent of computers, both Phototypesetting machines and Drum Scanners were made obsolete.

We had two Compugraphic machines in the studio which costed a fortune and we had to pay to have the machines removed as junk!

Before that, we striped the machines into three parts:

1- Lenses
2- Diatronic Plates
3- Light Refraction Prism

I inherited two lenses and one Refraction Prism. My other partners divided the rest but the big prize was the Diatronic Plates collection........I managed to sneak a single one plate only.

[elsa hoffmann]

Excuse my ignorance Almass - but what doesn one do with the parts? Do you have a use for it now? or are they just keep-sakes?

[Almass]

Excuse my ignorance Almass - but what doesn one do with the parts? Do you have a use for it now? or are they just keep-sakes?

I don't know.

I am thinking of mounting the lens in a frame with an antique coin or stamp to display on a wall somewhere in the house. (Spacing the lens v object)

The Prism. Beside shining a beam of light to see the different light color/wavelength. I dunno what to do with it nor if it has any value. Maybe mount it as a bedside table Lamp. Or probably gift it to some science university Lab.

The Diatronic plate to be mounted on a projection kit to splash on a big wall or a ceiling or a meeting room table or whatever for a company interior design as an Art piece.
I posted a similar picture sometime ago with a model covered by text projected on her. So it is simply using the plate instead but on a fixed space.

[elsa hoffmann]

thanks for the response. I dont suppose there is any rush - it will come to you in its own time