The unknown xenotar..

**Shtativ** · 25-Feb-2006, 16:10

The unknown Xenotar 105/2.8 - fake or prototyp?

http://a.photofile.ru/album.php?id=1191731

**Dan Fromm** · 25-Feb-2006, 16:37

Neither. The Vade Mecum reports that lens as used on Linhofs, cites an example from the mid-'50s.

**FpJohn** · 25-Feb-2006, 16:54

Hello:

http://www.largeformatphotography.info/linhof/technika-23.html

Makes sense as they were Planar alternatives.

yours
Frank Johnston

**David A. Goldfarb** · 26-Feb-2006, 05:46

It looks just like mine. It's a sharp fast lens. I've posted some test shots with that lens on a Busch Pressman C in the following thread on graflex.org. I've since sold the Pressman and am now using the Xenotar on a Tech V 23b--

graflex.org/helpboard/viewtopic.php?topic=3805&forum=1