Some Soft Focus Lens Sales Information

[Dr Klaus Schmitt]

The one I have shown has a " in front of the word SOFT,
I'm sure it is no coincidence, but has a meaning. Maybe
indeed prototypes...?

[Steven Tribe]

I cannot believe that Rodenstock would put a lens on the general market with the english expression "Soft Focus Lens". They had moved away from "type descriptive" names like bistigmat, hemi-anastistigmat to real tradenames.
And suitable for german speakers.

[Jim Galli]

A few years ago someone was blowing out 270mm f5.6 Rodenstock Rotelar's as Soft Focus or Portrait lenses. They were remarked and didn't say Rotelar any more iirc. Obviously much newer but my point is that small batches of things got re-named and sold and 80 years later no one can make heads or tales of it. Anyone remember those Rotelar's. Wasn't that long ago.

[Dr Klaus Schmitt]

Well, my Rodenstock MONAR f3.5 soft focus lens is a fine piece in good working condition, but unfortunately the focal length of about 12" is too much for my use and I would swap it or let it go into loving hands. Image circle at least 8.3" (220mm) diameter.

[Emil Schildt]

Well, my Rodenstock MONAR f3.5 soft focus lens is a fine piece in good working condition, but unfortunately the focal length of about 12" is too much for my use and I would swap it or let it go into loving hands. Image circle at least 8.3" (220mm) diameter.

wow...

(I'm a loving person..... )

[Dr Klaus Schmitt]

A Pinkham-Smith repair project for the not too faint hearted... 280574153913

[seven]

yeah, i was thinking about if it's a good idea to post it. might have ended cheap.
anyway, how much for that Monar ?

[eddie]

A Pinkham-Smith repair project for the not too faint hearted... 280574153913

okay who bought it? i wonder what he finally took for it. so much for my snipe bid.

[CCB]

When a seller ends an auction in this manner, how
does he know he's maxed his profit? Seems rather
short sighted.

[eddie]

When a seller ends an auction in this manner, how
does he know he's maxed his profit? Seems rather
short sighted.

ebay is not really a max profit place. it is a place for extremes. extremely high and extremely low....no necessarily market value.

i consider e bay a place for min profit and possible losses....

some one could have offered him $2500! i bet it would have only gone to 600-750 if left to auction.

broken and damaged pieces will bring very low bids from my observations.....