Some Soft Focus Lens Sales Information

[Jim Galli]

Any opinions on this lens that sold on the auction site: 111656930754

The seller said it is an 18" fl with a maximum aperture of f4. It doesn't look long enough to be a Verito though. Just curious. I didn't bid on it.

I think it may be a Gundlach Radar.

[RawheaD]

Well, I've seen some beautiful images from the 18" Radar, so if it's that, I won't complain

[RawheaD]

Well I received the lens. For sure, no engraving anywhere to be seen. The parts screw off easily and I see that there are indeed only three lenses in three groups. The configuration and placement of the lenses and aperture follow exactly this diagram; thus i'm 99% convinced the lens is a Sgimar (woot)




Everything about the lens is in wonderful condition. I shopped well

One problem (I know it doesn't belong here), while I was trying to check to see the if the middle lens is indeed concave/concave, I was dumb enough to get it stuck in the barrel (the lens is tilted with respect to the perpendicular axis). If anybody can help me fix this without cracking the lens, either in a separate thread to by DM, I would be eternally grateful. Thanks all for your input, and please look forward to some images from this lens elsewhere soon!

[goamules]

By the way, the Wollensak Varium is the exact same triplet design, I believe. As are Cookes, and a few others. It's going to be hard to ID with no writing anywhere.

[RawheaD]

By the way, the Wollensak Varium is the exact same triplet design, I believe. As are Cookes, and a few others. It's going to be hard to ID with no writing anywhere.

With the Cooke design, though, doesn't the diaphragm come between the second and last lens? Also, I always thought Cooke triplets have two convex/convex and one concave/concave in the middle. The front element of the lens I got is a convex/concave, as in the optical design diagram above.

And if it's a Varium, well then, I won't complain at all, as i've heard they're pretty much the same lens. I'm really not worried about the brand/label or even the resale value (don't plan to resale it), as long as it's going to give me the look I've been looking for for the past several years

[Mark Sawyer]

The layout shown is a bit different than the Cooke Triplet, especially in the front element and the aperture placement:

[RawheaD]

The layout shown is a bit different than the Cooke Triplet, especially in the front element and the aperture placement:

Yeah, that is what I thought a Cooke looked like. My lens is arranged like the diagram I pasted. Convex/Concave element in front, then diaphragm, then )( then () . --- (( | )( () --->

[Mark Sawyer]

Looking more and more like a Sigmar!

[Amedeus]

Some one got a steal on this one ... never saw the listing in the first place ...

P&S Synthetic #2 Series V, with yellow filter, for $89 ... (BIN, 261829924711)

[goamules]

Wow, talk about the deal of a century.