Navitart lenses..anyone heard of them?

**tim atherton** · 21-Oct-1998, 22:26

Anyone know anything about Navitar lenses - who made/makes them, when were they made, quality etc?

Thanks,

Tim A

**Richard Fish** · 22-Oct-1998, 08:02

Navitar lenses are flat-field projection lenses, and are excellent for slide projection in large lecture halls.

**tim atherton** · 22-Oct-1998, 11:54

This is a 150mm 5,6 Navitar in a Copal 0 shutter, so what is this? Any ideas?

**David Nash** · 24-Oct-1998, 07:55

Hi

I had a Navitar 150mm lens which was bundled with my Arca-Swiss 5x4" camera when I bought it. I found it was a bit limited with 5x4" - it had very little coverage, and could vignette with almost the slightest of movement. The overall quality wasn't too bad, but my new Rodenstock lenses are in a different league...

Best regards

David Nash