Rare Early Wollensak Stereo #10 35mm 3D Camera (Serial #23693) - This camera has been professionally refurbished and tested. A beautiful example of an early Wollensak Stereo #10, this is an actual original (genuine) Wollensak manufactured and branded Stereo #10--NOT the later and more common version that was marketed by the Revere Camera Company. Lenses (two) are MFX Synchomatic 35mm f2.7 Amaton's. These cameras are extremely hard to find, let alone in working condition. Includes original manufacturer's box. This camera would be the envy of any collection. Free 30 day returns if not satisfied. 

Wollensak was an American company, based in Rochester, New York, which manufactured lenses and shutters starting in 1899 and quickly established a reputation for producing extremely high-quality lenses, shutters, and even complete cameras. The company was founded by Andrew and John Wollensak. Andrew Wollensak previously had been a shutter developer for Bausch & Lomb. There he had invented the Iris Diaphragm, one of the first modern leaf shutters. In 1909 he invented the versatile Optimo shutter for the Wollensak company. The firm was bought by Revere Camera Co. in the 1950s, itself absorbed by 3M in 1960, and shut its doors in 1972. Anson Instruments bought the company in 1974 and closed it in 2001.

Over the years, Wollensak produced a wide variety of lenses for still and movie cameras, projectors, enlargers, microfilm equipment, and even military optics like bombing sights and cameras. In fact, Wollesak provided high-speed cameras for the NASA rocket research and orbiter programs. Their better lenses were often labeled "Velostigmat", and their best lenses were labeled "Raptar". The Raptar name was selected as the winning entry in the company's 1946 "name-the-lens" promotion: it won Templin R. Licklider of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan $1000 in Victory Bonds. Like the Kodak Ektars, Raptars were often Tessar designs, though other formulae were used, particularly in wide angle and telephoto lenses. At least one camera was sold with the Wollensak brand: the Wollensak Stereo 10, which was later produced by the The Revere Camera Company and marketed as the Revere Stereo. In addition, Wollensak produced cine or professional movie cameras, such as the Wollensak Fastax 16mm camera, used by filmmakers all over the world. Many OEM productions of shutters were made by Wollensak for other camera companies, for example all the shutters made for Conley were rebadged and sold as Conley.

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