anyone know this camera?

Bob

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I have a TOWER REFLEX camera serial # 4261. It was mfg. in Japan. It has a
brown leather case.It is rather heavy. There are two lenses on the front,
and two knobs on the side.The top lens has (View Walzer 1:3.5 f=7.5 cm Walz
Camera Co. The bottom les has the same thing on it with the addition of
(NO.39530) on it. I think it may be a good one but I'm not sure. I don't
know anything about cameras and would be most happy to find out a bit about
it.
thank you in advance.
Bob
 
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Try a non-digital camera group. You may have better luck in them.


"Bob" <rphsr1@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> I have a TOWER REFLEX camera serial # 4261. It was mfg. in Japan. It has a
> brown leather case.It is rather heavy. There are two lenses on the front,
> and two knobs on the side.The top lens has (View Walzer 1:3.5 f=7.5 cm
Walz
> Camera Co. The bottom les has the same thing on it with the addition of
> (NO.39530) on it. I think it may be a good one but I'm not sure. I don't
> know anything about cameras and would be most happy to find out a bit
about
> it.
> thank you in advance.
> Bob
>
>
 
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In article <qLudnWCXBOZKygzcRVn-3A@comcast.com>,
"Bob" <rphsr1@comcast.net> wrote:

> I have a TOWER REFLEX camera serial # 4261. It was mfg. in Japan. It has a
> brown leather case.It is rather heavy. There are two lenses on the front,
> and two knobs on the side.The top lens has (View Walzer 1:3.5 f=7.5 cm Walz
> Camera Co. The bottom les has the same thing on it with the addition of
> (NO.39530) on it. I think it may be a good one but I'm not sure. I don't
> know anything about cameras and would be most happy to find out a bit about
> it.
> thank you in advance.
> Bob
>
>

Tower, IIRC, was a Sears Roebuck brand name. From your description this
sounds like a twin-lens reflex camera--rectangular box shape and a
ground glass imager on the top? Probably will take very good pictures,
if you still want to foo around with film. Not likely to be very
valuable, though.
 
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If you are into this sort of thing, I've got a couple of really old Rollis,
(a 'cord and a "flex) in the same twin lens format.

"Bill" <ws21@cornell.edu> wrote in message
news:ws21-F7D706.15001911112004@newsstand.cit.cornell.edu...
> In article <qLudnWCXBOZKygzcRVn-3A@comcast.com>,
> "Bob" <rphsr1@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> I have a TOWER REFLEX camera serial # 4261. It was mfg. in Japan. It has
>> a
>> brown leather case.It is rather heavy. There are two lenses on the front,
>> and two knobs on the side.The top lens has (View Walzer 1:3.5 f=7.5 cm
>> Walz
>> Camera Co. The bottom les has the same thing on it with the addition of
>> (NO.39530) on it. I think it may be a good one but I'm not sure. I don't
>> know anything about cameras and would be most happy to find out a bit
>> about
>> it.
>> thank you in advance.
>> Bob
>>
>>
>
> Tower, IIRC, was a Sears Roebuck brand name. From your description this
> sounds like a twin-lens reflex camera--rectangular box shape and a
> ground glass imager on the top? Probably will take very good pictures,
> if you still want to foo around with film. Not likely to be very
> valuable, though.


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