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great thread, but I have just discovered a game changer , the Sigma DP Merrill Foveon series of cameras , these are producing {and this is my observation) large format quality images in both detail...

stands for Pilkington Perkin Elmer , I think the factory was in North Wales somewhere, But a short lived joint venture with Pilkington glass, of great quality. jw

81714here is my tessar in situ, on a mentor camera. not the original lens but done as an upgrade i guess

tasteful typographic improvement

ok joking apart, look out for tth f4.5 aviar 178mm exquisite image no shutter, slightly slower than your preference, superb wide open

my 6 inch Dallmeyer Super-Six would fit fit the bill, but I did not suggest it on grounds of cost

ok you asked for it, how about 170mm f1.4 fujinon tv projection lens, no variable apertures, but i guess cutting a slot for waterhouse stops is a possibility! I suspect it is a petzval design, but it...

plastic flower pots have helped me out in the past because the slope will fit the lens at some point , also make great top hat extensions

you are a class act, have to say the euryscop does it for me

I have an old (1930s)Zeiss Ikon 6x9 enlarger and the non removable lens is 120mm projection-tessar enlarging lens.never used it though.

i would like to recommend the ektar enlarging lenses and the tth ental 2 lenses especially as taking lenses ,favourite sizes are 75mm and 100/105mm, cheers jwhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/voigtf64/

Rider, thanks for your comments, no light shielding necessary, and the neg holder is securely fixed to a work surface and the camera is on a tripod clamped to the work surface. The most important bit...

expanding on my previous post my studio has a glass roof which i control with curtains ,
everything i shoot is daylight so it didn,t occur to me to otherwise with this system. So with the light...

Interesting thread, I use a canon 5d mk2 with pentax bellows and 100mm SMC bellows lens. I use the negative holders from my canon flat bed scanner and shoot horizontal with a white card set at 45...

5x4 feeling stupid 150mm xenar fingers crossed should be image of lily

image?

10x8 cropped square tth 9.5 inch apotal fp4/rodinal http://www.flickr.com/photos/voigtf64/

as an aside and at the risk of upsetting people which i do not wont to do , i have to say that my uk ektar lenses are better than the rochester originals, at this point i duck beneath the parapet,...

hello cyberjunkie, dont know whether this is help or not, firstly i am in uk and postage could be an issue for you, but i do have 5x7 2d, made in england (harrow), i would presume them to be...

not the oldest , but is this the oldest dallmeyer around , serial no 1204 -1860?(pic of it somewhere on this forum)http://www.flickr.com/photos/voigtf64/

What a magnificent body of work, very informative and thorough. Would the additional
information be of use ? I have a Dallmeyer lens numbered 1204 which I guess dates it to the first year of...

Thank you for that , I now have all the information hoped for, great forum, jw.

Such a wonderful thread, this is 10x8 apo ronar 300mm barrel and open flash
and a scanned negative

Ole, Thank you for your information, you wouldn,t care to come up with a figure for the image circle on the 265mm would you? I just put it on my 10x8 and can,t find an edge.
Shuimo, sorry, I am a...

TTH 9.5inch apotal process lens

Thank you IanG for your informative reply, in fact it made me look further
and I also have another but this is black with a chrome ring around it,
miniscule in size , and this is 140mm f16, no hope...

I have a couple of questions you wise souls maybe able to help me with.
Firstly, is this lens a protar design ? Secondly what do think the image circle
would be ? and finally what age is it ? It...