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aliasant
23-Feb-2011, 09:01
Hi.
I joined this community only because I recently got this, to me, very strange lens.
I was bying a lot for something lese and this Ross lens was in a terrible shape mechanicly so I put it on the shelf.

Couple of days ago I decided to test it so I mounted it on a bellow with extra extension tubes and used it with my Pentax K5.

It was extremely satisfying to take pictures with and its capabilities are infinity to macro 1:2

I did mount it reversed in the bellows since that was the easiest way to get it in place.
Shooting with it is great fun and its macro is very nice. I also shot some birds flying by my balcony and those shots turned out great too. It was cloudy and snowy so I didnt expect anything but almost all the shots were very sharp and detailed.

So.
As you might have guessed already, Im sort of in love with this old thing and have tried to gather intel on it but its hard to find anything specific.
The closest I got was a picture of an older wooden camera from 1909 but I couldnt make sure it was the exact same lens. Picture wasnt good enough.
I also learned here that Ross started making the Xpres 1920 and that doesnt match that old camera from 1909.
I have seen some other Ross Xpres 6" f4.5 too but they all seemed to be newer versions.

I would really appreciate any intel you guys can give about this particular lens.

Steven Tribe
23-Feb-2011, 09:44
Mounting a newer lens in an old camera boby is very common.
This was designed for 4x5" format. It was originally mounted on a "box" type SLR camera of which there were many makers in the 1920's. Hence no shutter and the focussing device. This is Ross' development of the Tessar design.

Michael Jones
23-Feb-2011, 09:46
Go here:

http://www.cameraeccentric.com/html/info/ross_1.html


Good luck.


Mike

aliasant
23-Feb-2011, 10:09
Go here:

http://www.cameraeccentric.com/html/info/ross_1.html


Good luck.


Mike


Incredible website !
Thanks.

This seems to be very similar but again it looks newer then mine (http://www.cameraeccentric.com/html/info/ross_2.html). Check page three. There are some differences.