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     John_shriver Tinkerer Username: John_shriver Post Number: 32 Registered: 12-2006 Rating: N/A |
That's the bottom of the line Meniscus Achromatic lens. The 1-4 numbers are the aperture, in stops from f/11 to f/32. If there's a shutter speed adjustment, it would be T (time), B (bulb), and I (intermittent, about 1/25 second). If not, it's a fixed 1/25 shutter speed. In terms of value, probably most valuable as a bellows donor if it has a first-rate leather bellows. If it's a later model with a crumbling synthetic bellows, not a lot of value. Of course, if it looks nice, it's still attractive as a shelf queen. It may well be a "Junior" model, the cheap lenses weren't used on the normal 3A models until the mid-1930's, when 3A cameras weren't really selling very well. I'm figuring $10 to $25 value? The 3A's are not rare cameras, easily a million or more were made, and folks didn't throw them out, because they paid a lot for them. |