I have a Symmar 210/370 convertible lens in a Linhof shutter. The front element says "1:5,6/210 1:12/370". The shutter works, but the black cover that has the aperture markings on it is broken and rotates, so the aperture scale is not correct. So I was trying to figure out the actual apertures of the lens so that I can glue the cover back on in the correct orientation.
The maximum diameter of the aperture when wide open is about 29mm. I measured this using calipers with the front cell removed. However 210mm/29mm is f/7.3 or so. That's a lot different that f/5.6 that is marked on the front element. Even with the rear element unscrewed I can measure the maximum aperture of the rear element as about 30mm. But f/5.6 should be 210/5.6=37.5mm. What's going on here? How could the max aperture be that far off?
Incidentally 30mm jives well with 310mm/12. But definitely not with 210mm/5.6. What am I to do?
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