The talk about the apo-ronars got me thinking and looking. so, for no particualr reason other than it is Saturday, cloudy, I'm stuck inside, etc, etc, I figured I would show off my older process and aerial camera lenses. Attached photograph is below.
Starting at the upper right hand corner, and going clockwise..
- 178mm F2.5 Kodak Aero ektar, dated (by serial number) to 1943, it's one of the "hot" ones; Not mounted, and you see a red filter on front.
- Goerz Hycon 3 inch, F4 aerial camera lens, not sure of date, mounted in a fixed body, used briefly for some 4x5 astro-photography I was trying, untill I blew the motor drives and drive corrector on my old Losmand mount.
- kinda a wird one, German made C-claron, NOT G, but "C-Claron" lens, no iris, 190mm, F4.5. Not sure where it come form or how to even use it?
- JML 305mm, F9 lens. Haven't trid it yet.
- okay, not an old lens, just my 240mm G-Claron, F9 lens in shutter. I also have the 270, 210 and 150mm versions in G-clarons. yeah, I kinda like G-clarons
- Brown Mfg 14inch (355mm) F9.5 process lens. tried it couple of times on my 8x10, sharp as a razor;
- 305mm Apo-Nikkor, F9, covers my 8x10 head on. Haven't used it much yet.
and the best for last....
- 12 inch, F4 Perkin-Elmer aerial camera lens. Haven't actually used it yet - it is almost too big to fit on my 8x10. The only information I can find about this lens at all is some of them were used in a camera that was carried by the SR-71 Blackbird. The serial number on the lens is "53" so I am guessing not a lot of these puppies were ever made. If anybody has any information on this lens, woudl love to hear about it. No iris in it either.
enjoy, would love to see your old oddball lenses guys.
joe
PS - the yellow filter in the middle isa WW2 era aerial camera filter, more amber than yellow. They work GREAT on front of these old process lenses. they may not be coated, but wow, flat and sharp. Just don't shoot into the sun with one.
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