Wow, someone sold it and I bought it? I think that's correct. Now I don't even remember who sold it to me. Getting old:)
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Wow, someone sold it and I bought it? I think that's correct. Now I don't even remember who sold it to me. Getting old:)
Hi Steven,
After a careful comparison, I am now inclined to think the Cs are just the pre VIs. Please take a look at the photo with C on the left, a VI No.4 in the middle and VI No.5 on the...
Interesting! I haven't been following the posts on C in the past, but mine is consistent with the other serial numbers mentioned here: 228XX. This is the first one engraved with C and nothing else...
This is the first Voigtlander C lens in my possession after going through a few hundred in the past 10 years:) Not sure how many are out there. From what I can find, it is supposed to shorten the...
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Big as it is, when mounted, it will be something like this:) This is a giant cone lens, just right for 24x32 wetplate portrait. For the Voigtlander 9 petzval, the image...
I have to add we haven't made any plates with that lens yet. It was just too big. You will need to build a 40" camera at least with a 16" lens board with a stand just for the lens. It is a heavy...
I don't know how many antique stores are accessible without a boat nowadays in Huston area but this is a lucky find. The seller clearly wasn't a photographer. It is not a IV type, I bought one for...
Hi Jason,
Many thanks for the link! This solves the puzzle. I was just trying to see if this was the lens the guy was sitting on.147032
Not sure who that is but I found the picture I was looking for. I knew I tried to copy that guy but the problem is that either my bum is larger or my lens smaller. Didn't quite work. Anyway, if...
That may be a good thing for lots of guys wanting to be worry free:) If radioactivity proves to cause sterility, I may want to open a clinic some day just for guys to sit on for a few hours before...
Yes, except that person should be long dead:) This is interesting! You never would really expect so many to really sit on a lens. There must be something to it:) I still hope find the picture I...
Hi Rael,
It is a different one, with a guy actually resting his bud on a giant lens mounted on a huge box camera. Thanks anyway for the link!
Tuant
Wow! I have never seen this one before! I love it! Guys always love their things to be bigger than others, even a few hundred years back:) The one I am looking for is a guy really sitting on his...
Hi folks,
I remember seeing a picture of a guy sitting on a giant petzval mounted on a huge box camera that's sitting on the ground from the old days. Does anyone know where to find that? It is...
Garrett, we all know the word Petzval does magic on Ebay. Many a times I had to ask the sellers to "feel" the bottom if they were flat. When speed really matters (for doing collodion), this has...
Thank you for your generosity! No! No one was misled here. Like many others here, to use the saying of another LF goer here: Most here can spot a true Petzval from a mile away, in rain or at...
This post is becoming very interesting. Just for the sake of argument with no feelings hurt of course, I am curious to see if and if so, how many people would like to offer their opinion on this. ...
Sorry, Dan, I know he didn't make a successful one because his was slow and not very sharp, but because of that, people started looking for ways to improve on his design and eventually Petzval came...
Well, Garrett, there are azure, light, dark blue and so on. We guys have never been good with colors:) as long as Eddie doesn't all of a sudden start offering me lots of "petzvals" lenses, I am all...
I hope Eddie doesn't see this post:) If he starts selling me a 6D as a Petzval, I will sue his ass off! And if he refuses a refund and a sincere apology, I will drive all the way to Kingston to set...
In the shooters world, there is a big difference. Everyone wants to know if the back is flat or convex to decide if the lens is worth certain money. I am still not sure if we can call the other...
Yes, Garrett is right in that there is always air-space between the rear elements, but unlike Petzval, its rear flint is convex instead of being flat. The design is very different from a Petzval. ...
Hi Dan,
It is not a real Petzval as the back flint is not flat like a Petzval. But it is not really an RR either. It resembles the Dallmeyer A type in that it has 4 turning marks to adjust...
A 13“ tall cone is only meant for full plate in the old days. It is the 4th largest within the cone family and each size up (only 2" height difference) doubles its previous one in size and volumn....
Thanks, Steven! So that was No. 9 of the first series? I did have the chance to take apart an even longer Voigtlander Petzval. It was so long that the whole lens was joined in the middle with...
One of the most expansive lenses I have ever seen--1862 Voigtlander Petzval with a serial number of 10000. Voigtlander made that for the 1862 London Expo and then collected by museum since. It...
Hi Jason and Mark,
Thank you so much for the post! I thought by plug in one at the center only gets you 1200 instead of 2400 as the middle row doesn't have the "Combine" switch. It makes sense...
Any Speedotron 4803 with 105 heads users here? I thought I could use the 105 4 heads unit with two 4803 for 9600ws but the plug won't work for 2400. It could only be plugged into the middle 2400...
If you happen to be in Shanghai this month, there is a collodion exhibition. The poster is attached here.
The 9th Shanghai Biennale--Collodion Exhibition
It is one of a series of high...
This is such a great plate!
I can't wait to see your exhibition in NY in November! Maybe we can get together there. I may have an exhibition around that time in Shanghai as well. The population is growing.
Yes, Craig, you are right that you can't just carry this camera to another country so I have another one made just to be used in China. I know, a complete system just like that and silver alone cost...
Thanks! That must be my post over there~~ Chamonix has been constantly experimenting with wetplate camera. The one you saw on line are for film only. They made only 10 1620 wetplate cameras in the...
The left one is exactly 1:1.
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Attaching a coule more: this is Nate, a good friend who agreed to pose for me for test shots. There is some contamination issue which I solved later.
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Thanks, Monty! Too bad about David! Now your gang is one short. I hope we can cross paths soon!
Big brings big problem, I need to use a basketball to pour collodion and my 4x6 trailor doesn't fit any more. Setting up everything is a pain, but the plates are very rewarding. With Chamonix, I...
Please email me with your best offers on both and I will ask for you:D I have larger ones than both so I am not going to get involved this time. It has becoming too costly:D
That explains it! I have a #7 which I couldn't match up in VI series. Now I see it is a No 7 Petzval for 13 1/2 inch plates. Eddie's No. 8 is for 16" plates, although it should be good for 16x20. ...
Is there another V#8? I thought #8 only belongs to Series VI and that is actually RR lens. The coverage for #8 is huge, 9# is even bigger. I have been looking for a #9for two years now:D Someone...