How do I mount an Agfa Super-Intergon 305/9 ?

[F64]

Bought this massive chunk of glass that shows a lot of promise, BUT

how do I mount it?

The thing at the bottom looks like a flange but seems a single piece with the rest. Anyone with experience with this lens?
Thanks

[djdister]

The lens has mounting threads but no flange. You can either 1) have someone create a flange that the threads will screw into, or 2) bore out a blank lens board and create matching threads to screw it directly into the lens board.

[F64]

Thanks. The only thread seems in the front. is the lens to be mounted reversed?

[Dan Fromm]

Thanks. The only thread seems in the front. is the lens to be mounted reversed?

I think the mounting threads are at the rear, behind the diaphragm.

I have no idea who in Italy stocks flanges or makes custom ones. If you want to deal with a US supplier, try www.skgrimes.com

Agfa copy machine lenses sell for very little because they're hard to put to use. Good luck with yours.

[pdh]

I know I'm a bit of a herbert when it comes to this sort of thing, but I've mounted similar lenses by jamming them through a hole in a bit of heavy cardboard, and hoping the interference fit holds it in for the length of the exposure ...

[Greg]

Have mounted and now use some lenses which I've hot-glued into lens boards. Easy and quick to do and Hot-glue is just strong enough to hold the lens. Even "mounted" one large copy lens this way. It's easily irreversible if need be in the future. Hot-glue I'm using is slightly opaque white so covering it with flat black paint prevents light leaks.

[Bob Salomon]

Have mounted and now use some lenses which I've hot-glued into lens boards. Easy and quick to do and Hot-glue is just strong enough to hold the lens. Even "mounted" one large copy lens this way. It's easily irreversible if need be in the future. Hot-glue I'm using is slightly opaque white so covering it with flat black paint prevents light leaks.

Don't you mean reversible?

[F64]

@Dan: No problem having a flange made. The problem is that there are no threads in the back. That's why I thought that the flange was there, at the rear. But I'm not sure and, although the lens is not very expensive, I'd hate to ruin a fine lens with a monkey wrench trying to loosen up what is fixed.
@pdh, Greg: I'll try that if everything else fails: the lens is quite heavy.

[Dan Fromm]

What are the threads that are clearly visible in image #3?

[F64]

They are in the front, I think to mount the lens reversed.