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The idea here is for people to identify an object or objects based on photos and clues supplied by the challenger.

1):The photos can be of almost anything,but should be taken by the person posting the challenge,if possible.

2):No photos found on the Internet or elsewhere are allowed unless proper credit is given.

3):You can use any resources you choose,online or not,to discover the answer,but no cutting and pasting or copying from online resources such as Wikipedia is allowed.

4):You are free,however,to use online sources as the basis for writing your own description of the answer.

5):The photographs do not have to be of an entire object.You can supply a photo of part of an object if you like.

6);Photos should be sharply focused.

6a):Challengers posting blurred photos will be given one hour to post sharply focused photos or the challenge will be declared void and opened to the first person to post a new challenge.

6b):This is being done in the interest of making the challenge fair to members trying to solve the challenge.It's very hard to identify a blurred object.

7):The purpose of the game is to identify the object in the challenge,with as much extra detail as required by the challenger.

8]:The first person to correctly solve the current challenge gets to post the next challenge.

8a):If the challenge requires answering several questions about the subject of the challenge and no one person answers all the required questions,the person supplying the answer to the last remaining unanswered question will be declared the winner of the challenge and gains the right to post the next challenge.

9):If you are informed that you are the winner of the current challenge,but do not post the next challenge within 2 hours of being notified of your win,the challenge is deemed to be open and the first person to notice may post a challenge.

10):INACTIVITY CLAUSE;The poster of a challenge is required to monitor their challenge.If the challenger does not respond to questions and/or is offline for a period exceeding two hours,the challenge is deemed to be voided and the first person to notice may post a new challenge.

11):If you have posted a challenge and are unable to continue monitoring your challenge,you may PM the answer to one of these members who will monitor it on your behalf. AdmiralAdama,scifan57,fleur07.Make sure to check if they're online first,and wait for their answer.

11a):You can also Post the answer and open the challenge if you can't find a member to monitor the challenge for you.

Here is one to start it off.

What is this?Who designed it?Who was it made by?When was it introduced?

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Not ignoring this, just still working on it; though a clue might be useful. I'm thinking 35mm military model of a Kodak camera, but that's not finding it for me.
 
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The lens was made by Kodak.The camera was made by a company better known for it's press cameras.
It's not 35mm


image-850339392.jpgHere's another camera body of the same type with a 35mm film cassette for size comparison.
 
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This is a U.S. military rangefinder camera with 70mm film; the Combat Graphic 70mm; or KE-4 or KE-6 camera system (military designation). Designed by Hubert Nerwin. It was produced in the mid to late 1950's by Graphic Graflex Photography.

Also nick named 'Gulliver's Contax' or "Texas Leica' due to its large size.

Got the name before the extra clue,, but it took far longer to find a source for the rest of the info.

Here is the site I got most of the info from, if anyone wants to read more. It's an interesting sort of camera.

https://sites.google.com/site/playi...s/essays/hobbies-recreations/photography/foto
 
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twerppoet said:
This is a U.S. military rangefinder camera with 70mm film; the Combat Graphic 70mm; or KE-4 or KE-6 camera system (military designation). Designed by Hubert Nerwin. It was produced in the mid to late 1950's by Graphic Graflex Photography.

Also nick named 'Gulliver's Contax' or "Texas Leica' due to its large size.

Correct,twerppoet.Your turn to show us a photo of something to identify.
 
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Gilliver's contax would be more accurate,considering that Hubert Nerwin was a designer who worked for Zeiss Ikon on the Contax camera before and during WWII.

Here's a shot of the whole outfit in the original Halliburton case.

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It's the USCGC Polar Star,a United States Coast Guard Heavy Icebreaker.It's one of the world's most powerful non-nuclear ships.The hint wasn't necessary.
 
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Gilliver's contax would be more accurate,considering that Hubert Nerwin was a designer who worked for Zeiss Ikon on the Contax camera before and during WWII.View attachment 16543

Ah, but he joined Kodak in 1949, before the camera was produced. I'm still trying to figure out how the designer joined Kodak, but Graflex produced it. It did have a Kodak lens though. The camera seems to have a complex history.
 
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twerppoet said:
Ah, but he joined Kodak in 1949, before the camera was produced. I'm still trying to figure out how the designer joined Kodak, but Graflex produced it. It did have a Kodak lens though. The camera seems to have a complex history.

I believe that Kodak owned Graflex from 1905 to 1921,when they were forced to sell it because of the Sherman Anti-trust act.They did,however,maintain a close relationship,with Kodak supplying many of the lenses for Graphic and Graflex cameras.
An interesting side note is that the lenses in this camera outfit have some elements that contain Thorium,which makes them slightly radioactive.
 
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Here's another challenge.
What are we looking at?Who made it?What was it used for?

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No,it's not a periscope.It was used by the Luftwaffe during WWII.
 

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