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    Cooke lenses reissued

    I just got off the phone with Jeff at Badger. Apparently Cooke will be doing a new run of the soft-focus PS945 sometime this summer, and will also do a run of the 8x10 XVa Triple Convertible sometime soon. Cooke will also be issuing a new lens; a shorter XVa for 4x5.

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    Re: Cooke lenses reissued

    Quote Originally Posted by Jason Greenberg Motamedi View Post
    I just got off the phone with Jeff at Badger. Apparently Cooke will be doing a new run of the soft-focus PS945 sometime this summer, and will also do a run of the 8x10 XVa Triple Convertible sometime soon. Cooke will also be issuing a new lens; a shorter XVa for 4x5.
    shorter for 4X5, sounds interesting.

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    Cool, glad to learn they are expanding their line of LF lenses.
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    I would like to have an 8x10 XVa. Would have to find some bucks somewhere to pay for it, though. Wonder how much my wife is worth??

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    Re: Cooke lenses reissued

    Interesting timing. I wrote Cooke just a few days ago asking that it consider a modern 158mm "Series VIIc." No reply yet, but it seems there's hope.

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    Re: Cooke lenses reissued

    Would the ps945 cover whole-plate at portrait range? or just 5x7?

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    Re: Cooke lenses reissued

    Quote Originally Posted by JEFFREY MORFIT View Post
    I would like to have an 8x10 XVa. Would have to find some bucks somewhere to pay for it, though. Wonder how much my wife is worth??
    Post some pictures and see what kinds of offers you get.
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    Quote Originally Posted by JEFFREY MORFIT View Post
    I would like to have an 8x10 XVa. Would have to find some bucks somewhere to pay for it, though. Wonder how much my wife is worth??
    Gee Jeff.....Will she do nasty things that my wife won't?

    .........Like laundry, dishes, windows, yardwork....He he.

    Sorry Jeff, Welcome to the forum!!

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    Re: Cooke lenses reissued

    Quote Originally Posted by Scott Davis View Post
    Would the ps945 cover whole-plate at portrait range? or just 5x7?
    There is a quote from Mark Osterman on the Cooke website affirming that the PS945 covered whole plate at landscape distance.

    "While I was told that this lens was designed with the 4"x5" format in mind I found that it had more than enough coverage for the 6 1/2" x 8 1/2" collodion plates I was making. The first thing I did after receiving the lens was to go into the field and try some landscape shots. With the lens stopped down to f.8 the image on the ground glass displayed great clarity. My assumption was that pushing the format would result in some falling off on the edges. In fact, they were remarkably crisp, and so I used camera movements to soften the upper portions of the negative."

    from: http://www.cookeoptics.com/cooke.nsf...man_ps945.html

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    Re: Cooke lenses reissued

    Damn this is not a good time to be reading this. As soon as the DOW goes up another 5,000 points I'll be ready.

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