home made Puyo-Pulligny lens

[Jan_6568]

Try http://www.surplusshed.com and search for B1016 and B1017. Might not be perfect but an easy and cheap start.

Good luck with it.

Thank you Paul,
I ordered three other lenses from Surplus Shed. The plano-concave of -100 mm FL and two plano-convex 100 and 101 mm FL. The 101 one is coated. They aslo should have the same diameter and mine do not have. I think I could just use a fixed stop in front of the front element, which is wider few mm. I also orderd an iris from them. The original design calls for 100 and -100 elements, I am not sure if 1mm makes a difference, I will try both combinations and probably it would be nice to have a coated lens.
I think I will make some temp. housing for the lens made of PVC tubes, take few test images and if I like the results I will order nice, custom made metal helicoid barrel.

kind regards,

Jan

[anachromatic]

Hello Jan,
I don't know very well how this forum works and I'm not a great english speaker but I'm very interested in old lenses since several years, specially on soft-focus lenses.
I have an original Puyo lens ("Trousse Anachromatic et d'Atelier Cnt. Puyó") that I bought seven years ago in Buenos Aires, Argentina. I have some photographs taken with this lens. It's very difficult to use; has a lot of scales and marks. To understand something about this beautifull lens, I had to buy an interesting book: "Objectifs d'Artiste" by Leclerc De Pulligny and Constant E. Puyo.(french edition). I have seen three more Puyó lenses: one in Argentina, one in Spain and other in Deutschland.
I have an other lens with a similar construction: "Dallmeyer Berheim Soft Focus" that I didn't use yet.
Please, let me know if there is something that I can do to help you. I could send you pics of the lens in its box, or scans of the photograps that I taked with it...I don't know...let me know.
Sorry for my bad english! I think worst than Sitting Bull english! Ja, ja, ja.......
Kind regards.

[Jan_6568]

Hi Anachromatic,

thank you very much for your post. I sent you priveate message but I wonder if you received it as the forum was down for some time. I am sending it again.

regards,

Jan

[Pronier Jean Claude]

Near from Home un Var department (south of france) I discovered in antique dealer shop a huge format studio camera in pretty good conditions and as mounted lens a superb Puyo Pulligny very very nice. But the guy was not aware about what he was selling and asked a foolish price, so I left the shop.
Next days I'll go back to see if the camera is again proposed, with the lens.

[Jan_6568]

Dear Jean Calude,

please let me know what happened next. What kind of lens it was? A portrait one or landscape one?
regards,
Jan

[Pronier Jean Claude]

I'm just coming back from the antique shop and they said that the 30cmx40 huge walnut studio camera, with the nice adjustable landscape lens mounted in front of a red bellow has been sold in june on ebay. The guy said that the camera was priced 5000$ ! happy and rich buyer!

[Jan_6568]

Thank you very much for information. I am working on my "replica" now, will post few test images when I have some.

Jan

[anachromatic]

Hello Jan,
Sorry for my delay post, but I was outside my home some days. I sent you 4 emails with a little explain and some images of my Trousse Anachromatique Puyo and the photographs that I made with it. Also I include an scan of the book by Pulligny and Puyo where you can see the two posibilities of the lens: Adjustable Landscape and Tele anachromatique(Portrait)and how this lens is building. Please, post some of this images for the forum people because I don't know how make it.(I'm a terrible digital ignorant!!!).
As I promised in the emails, in october will be again at home, and I will send you more info and pics of the other adjustables lenses that I have: Dallmeyer Soft Focus Bergheim and "The Adjustable" of C.C.Allen(the first zoom in the history!!).
Enjoy the pics and all the best with your project!!!
Kind regards for alls.....

Anachromatique.

[Sven Schroder]

Hi Jan

Checkout ebay Item 250025018134 , another related lens and from the same seller as the original I mentioned in my post above, and guess what? I've been busy, so I will try and post some of the pics from the first auction on Monday (UK pm).

Regards

Sven

[anachromatic]

Hello Jan,
I sent you 4 emails with a little explain and some images of my Trousse Anachromatique Puyo and the photographs that I made with it. Also I include an scan of the book by Pulligny and Puyo where you can see the two posibilities of the lens: Adjustable Landscape and Tele anachromatique(Portrait)and how this lens is building. Please, post some of this images for the forum people because I don't know how make it.(I'm a terrible digital ignorant!!!).
.....Enjoy the pics and all the best with your project!!!
Kind regards for alls.....

Anachromatique.

It's only for to try........
Best regards.

anachromatique.