Wollensakers! What is your favorite Wollensak?

[John Kasaian]

Which Wolly (Wollys? Wolli? What is plural for Wollensak anyway?) Do you use the most?
Of the two I have, only the WA 159mm "yellow dot" gets out to play.

[Jim Andrada]

My 159 by far

[Bill_1856]

f:5.6/10" Tele-Raptar. It is tiny in size and weight compared with the competing German brands, and optically as good or better.

[Jan Pedersen]

159 WA Raptar, great lens. Had an sold the yellow dot but equally fine and i think with ever so slightly more coverage than the Raptar.

[Scott Walker]

The only Wolly I have is a 302mm Enlarging Raptar and it is the lens I use on my Durst 184

[goamules]

Thats hard to answer, when Wollensak made so many disparate lenses. I do like their Veritos.

[coisasdavida]

Wollensack-Dumont CRO 75mm f/1.9 Oscillo-Amaton, but I don't have a 159mm yet.

[lenser]

Totally love my 10 inch Veritar. Lovely soft focus images, especially portraits.

[IanG]

The only Wollensak lens I have is a Series IIIA Ex.WA f12.5 8x10 (6¼" / 159mm) that I bought recently for the shutter. Hoever I'll soon try it as it's smaller than my 165mm SA.

I have set of Raptar cells somewhere an a few Wollensak shutters, - Velosto (Optimo) with 170mm Kodak Anastigmat, Optimo 4" approx B&L Tessar, Betax 3 Turner Reich 5x7, Betax 5 Radar, all need testing out.

Ian

[Dan Fromm]

4"/5.6 Enlarging Pro Raptar. Superb lens for closeup and macro. Outstanding from 1:6 - 4:1. Mine may be a lucky fluke. Klaus Schmitt (macrolenses.de) has one and says his is "nothing special." I've shot mine against a 100/6.3 Luminar and 100/6.3 Neupolar. The Neupolar won, the EPR and Luminar tied for second. I use the EPR more than the Neupolar because it is easier to use; the Neupolar's diaphragm ring is on the front, is hard to get to, harder to read.

150/5.6 Pro Raptar. When Andrew Glover had a heap of these things and was working hard at moving them he swore that they were the best 150/5.6 plasmat ever made. I don't know whether he was right, doubt he was, but it is a very good lens.

Pro Raptars were Wollensak's last attempt to compete head-on with Rodenstock and Schneider. Plasmat type taking and enlarging lenses. 150/5.6 and 210/5.6 taking lenses, enlarging lenses from 50/4 to 190/5.6.