Lenses & Lens Accessories [Archive] - Large Format Photography Forum

How do I test my two Symmars to decide which to keep (4 replies)
Schneider Tele Xenar 360 f5.5 how to… (4 replies)
Focusing with 90mm Super Angulon (17 replies)
Help me understand what I have here (6 replies)
Need info on Ross 47555 Extra Rapid 10 x 8 lens (5 replies)
Filtration setup for Super Angulon 47mm XL lens (10 replies)
Mark Ruwedel focal lengths (0 replies)
Looking for a longer lens (8 replies)
Lens (shutter) Repair Resources in the U.S.? (2 replies)
Early TTH Serial Numbers (68 replies)
L&H Wulff Petzval lens (3 replies)
Favorite lens to use on your 8x10 for group photos of 40 or more people… (3 replies)
What’s the difference between Back Focus and Focal Length? (20 replies)
Wratten 86 Yellow (6 replies)
270mm Computar Question (6 replies)
Gitzo shutter release cable problem (0 replies)
Kodak anastigmat adapter ring (1 replies)
Looking for info on a Darlot Paris Hemispherical No. 3 Brass Lens (0 replies)
Help locating a 600/800/1200mm NIKKOR Lens Set - Lost in the post (4 replies)
Schneider 47mm SA XL - Soft on the edges? (40 replies)
can multi-coated coating disintegrate or be re-coated (7 replies)
Schneider Lens (11 replies)
Kodak Supermatic X Shutter Question (2 replies)
Where would the 'angle of view' be drawn from? (8 replies)
About completing my lens set (10 replies)
Is this lens separation in my Biogon 53mm? (6 replies)
Aperture for 9 inch Verito (7 replies)
Would a filter help? (4 replies)
What is different about the Nikkor 450/9? (19 replies)
A case study: Rare Voigtlander Periscop (Periskop) made in 1906 and after (0 replies)
Copal Shutter silver vs black ring (7 replies)
Speed graphic lens suggestions. (11 replies)
UK supplier to mount big lens to board? (9 replies)
Lenses for Chamonix 5x7 (27 replies)
Affordable lenses with ultra-large image circles? (24 replies)
How short/long a lens do I need ? (19 replies)
Symmar-S 150mm F5.6 MC and APO-Sironar S 150mm F5.6,which is better??? (26 replies)
Schneider Super-Angulon 58mm f/5.6 XL on Linhof Master Technika (16 replies)
Dallmeyer 2B Lens info help...trying to decipher handwriting (7 replies)
Ilex paragon series A 12 in soft focus - is it really soft focus? (6 replies)
Waves on the Beach (Multi-Focal) (14 replies)
Intrepid lens boards (9 replies)
Using heavy lenses on a Super Graphic (0 replies)
Need info on 84cm Tessar and 600mm Apo Germinar (3 replies)
Schneider 65mm f8 super angulon (17 replies)
3" Gel Holder Strategy for Large Format Lenses (19 replies)
Heliar f/4 or...? (8 replies)
Fujinon NW 125mm f/5.6 Lens (7 replies)
Nikon 360 ED lens (10 replies)
Switching lensboards: flange considerations (2 replies)
Confused about mounting of xenotar135/3.5 lens in Copal #1 shutter (5 replies)
Looking for information on Voigtlander lenses (3 replies)
Lens in 90-110mm range to cover 5x7? (24 replies)
1855 Voigtlander Petzval - looking for more info on this lens I bought (3 replies)
Dirty Compound 3 (4 replies)
Lens coverage 1000mm Mammoth (15 replies)
Shutter for Wollensak 8x10 Voltas (5 replies)
A random question I belive involves optics (6 replies)
Happy 3D Printed Sinar Top Hat 500mm Tele-Xenar (3 replies)
Focusing distance question? (1 replies)
Taylor Taylor and Hobson Series XV Triple Convertible Anastigmat Design + Chance Bros (2 replies)
Help identify this mystery lens? (2 replies)
360mm 6.8 sironar-n for 11x14? (10 replies)
Are Press-Compur Shutters Worth Saving?? (10 replies)
Linhof Recessed Lens Board Question (37 replies)
Verito 9 inch question (5 replies)
The Tale of Two 360mm Congo lenses (18 replies)
Ilex Lens information (16 replies)
Where can I find it? (9 replies)
Comparison of Three Fujinon 250mm lenses on 8x10 (8 replies)
Seiko Shutter Sizes (10 replies)
Single-Coated Fujinon W 180mm f5.6 Copal Lens Sharpness on 8x10 (sample) (11 replies)
Lens Recoating (3 replies)
Can barrel lenses be "fully remounted" with shutters rather than front mounted? (17 replies)
vade macum (1 replies)
25 inch Cooke Anistigmat f8 Series V (1 replies)
Finish on Black Vintage lenses - Japanning, Paint or ? finish? (5 replies)
Super Angulon MC 90mm f6.8 (9 replies)
Packard shutter opacity? (5 replies)
Swift & Sons No.2 Paragon – Brass wide angle lens (2 replies)
Meyer-Görlitz Aristostigmat 100mm f6,3 coverage (10 replies)
Reverse Grad set? (2 replies)
Rodenstock-Ysaron 75mm F4.5 (3 replies)
interior portrait lens options (18 replies)
Deardorff 6x6 lens board dimensions (4 replies)
Heliar/Universal Heliar font size is another sign made for Linhof?? (0 replies)
Which projector lens for using with a Super Graphic or Wista 45 (3 replies)
Unicorn, anyone? (Fujinon SW 300mm f/9) (6 replies)
Curious about tessar X2 (4 replies)
linearized aperture (2 replies)
which shutter for Apo Germinar 240? (11 replies)
Fujinon SW S 90mm f8 (5 replies)
Fujinon SW 90mm f8 (4 replies)
1936 Compur Rapid #0 slower slow speeds in cold. (7 replies)
Bausch & Lomb 20" f:8 (5 replies)
Questions about mounting filters on the rear lens element (34 replies)
Aero Ektar and Sinar F/P (3 replies)
Rear collar ring for my SK 90mm? (2 replies)
Survey on Compound shutter users in Europe (16 replies)
Using Shanel 5A shutter on Wista/Linhof and Super Graphic lensboards (5 replies)
Rodenstock lens with 49.5mm barrel diameter? (2 replies)
90mm vs. 100mm 4x5 (18 replies)
Julius Laack Dialytar Weitwinkel 90mm f/8.7 any infomation & experiencies? (1 replies)
European (?) Brass Lens catalogs or info sites? (9 replies)
I cannot get focus with the Nikkor-W 210mm f/5.6 (15 replies)
Darlot question (6 replies)
63 inch / 1600mm Series IX Cooke Apochromatic Process Lens (5 replies)
How would you go about getting to know a lens? (38 replies)
Effective F stops for 200mm Imagon without strainers? (3 replies)
Darlot Portrait Lens, Quick Worker 7" (180mm) f/3.0 (1 replies)
Aero Ektar 610mm question (6 replies)
Does anyone have a Symmar-S 240mm f/5.6? I need aperture scale dimensions (16 replies)
Old lens (1910-1920) catalogue anomaly? (2 replies)
Chamonix 8x10: choose 1 multi purpose barrel lens (16 replies)
Need help with appraisal,,, (3 replies)
Trying to save a 485mm Repro-Claron (3 replies)
Lens board rings (9 replies)
Goerz Hypergon 14" (26 replies)
Sinar/Rodenstock Apo Digital 135mm f5.6 Pink Stripe - 135mm Apo Sironar S? (2 replies)
Large format Lenses (Individual elements) to build a refracting telescope (9 replies)
What exactly is this Jamin Darlot lens? (13 replies)
Super-Angulon 65mm f/5,6 hyper focusing info ??? (12 replies)
Survey: 5X7 Folks: Most used LONG Glass Focal Length % Used (34 replies)
Mounting filter behind barrel lens? (13 replies)
Schneider Super-Symmar XL 110mm -- fog problem -- EASILY REPAIRABLE (11 replies)
Help identify this lens (5 replies)
Schneider 300mm f5.5 tele xenar -Lens Board issue (8 replies)
Help identify unbranded 16x20 Rapid Rectilinear (2 replies)
Lenses choice for ULF (15 replies)
Lens image circle vs available lens movements (37 replies)
Ross 5 1/2 inch lens (2 replies)
schneider lens service? (4 replies)
Fujinon T 300 f/8 Lens (7 replies)
Wollensak Raptar 135 and Graflex Optar 135 (15 replies)
Maybe someone could identify this lens? (10 replies)
Carl Zeiss Jena Protar 110mm f/18 (9 replies)
Help with ID. Jules Vogel Lens (0 replies)
Fujinon W 135mm 5.6 questions (13 replies)
Help identifiying old lens. Portrait Nº 2 (4 replies)
Steinheil Munchen Anastigmat Cassar 165mm f/3,5 (rust on the blades) (3 replies)
Voigtlander lens from 1886 ? (4 replies)
Graflex Optar 135mm 4x5 lens- no retaining ring (9 replies)
Purchased a rare Tiffen 812 in 95mm....with no threading (8 replies)
Cleaning sticky shutters- DIY or professional help (11 replies)
Wollensak Raptar 90mm F3.5 (2 replies)
Help Identifying vintage thoriated lenses (15 replies)
LensN2Shutter Web Page (1 replies)
Which brass lens is this? “13 In. E. F.” (6 replies)
APO - Rodagon - N 150mm - as a taking lens (22 replies)
Fiter red R-72 [Kenko] (6 replies)
I need help identifying the lens (14 replies)
Help Id Early? French? Landscape lens Pencil marked (0 replies)
Filters for Fujinon A 600mm f/11 (16 replies)
MW and Co Thornward Extra Rapid Portrait lens (0 replies)
Ilex shutter - loose spring... (8 replies)
MUST LEARN TONIGHT! More than 76mm ?? Outermost diameter of Graflex Optar 135mm f:4.7 (24 replies)
Zeiss Jena Tessar 12cm helical focus? (4 replies)
Reinhold Schable's 335mm Wollaston Meniscus (5 replies)
Dallmeyer 3A soft focus information (9 replies)
Who already used a Macro-Sironar-N 5.6/300mm ? (0 replies)
Wollensak 15" Tele Raptor Questions (26 replies)
300mm 5.5 Schneider Tele-Xenar (9 replies)
Mystery Aerial lens WW1 -- Voigtlander Heliar 36cm -- German Balloon Corps (4 replies)
Opinions on some S-K lenses? (26 replies)
best single lens or doublet for f=300mm and viewing angle of 47 degrees (15 replies)
Help with Berthiot/Hermagis Eidoscope n,2 375mm flange (3 replies)
Komura 500mm F/7 (0 replies)
Putting in a Waterhouse Stop (3 replies)
Newbee question about internal issue with newly purchased LF lens (15 replies)
Gundlach Emil W.A. 8x10 (0 replies)
Voigtlander Skopar 360mm f/4.5 (2 replies)
Pinhole diameter and format size ?? (50 replies)
Flashy advertisement, but is it credible? (4 replies)
Separation Anxiety (7 replies)
Dagor 9 1/2 inch f6.8 (35 replies)
Lens CLA / shutter CLA (7 replies)
Questions about "fast lenses" (15 replies)
Sinaron lenes ??? (5 replies)
A Question About Shutters (16 replies)
Mystery Brass Lens Identification (4 replies)
Is there a master list somewhere of the coverages of re-purposed lenses? (0 replies)
Balsam Separation (1 replies)
Schneider 150mm f/5.6 Symmar Convertible in Linhof (7 replies)
Zeiss Tessar with 5 fl/aperture scalesÂ… Casket set lens? (16 replies)
What are the best lenses for wet plate studio portraits 14X17 format ? (9 replies)
Difference between Copal 0 model 44 and model 45? (1 replies)
Lever Stops on Darlot Hemisperique (8 replies)
Schneider 355mm f9 g-claron issue (21 replies)
Nikkor 120mm f5.6 AM ED Macro: Optimal Range, vs. Optimal Magnification (27 replies)
Copal shutter replacement (5 replies)
Achromatic doublets off Ali Express? (0 replies)
Fast large format Lenses. (16 replies)
Info on Scientific Lens Co. (1 replies)
Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 135mm f4.5 (16 replies)
Ilex Acme Synchro #3 shutter disassembly (4 replies)
Macro Lens for Sinar F (34 replies)
Who can help identify this brass lens? (3 replies)
6 inch, f9 CP Goerz Apochromatic Red Dot Artar on 4x5? (3 replies)
19" Wollensak f:4 Varium (3 replies)
65mm & 90mm 4x5 (18 replies)
Fujinon W 180 & 8x10 (46 replies)
Xenotar 150mm f:2,8 at 1/60s in Copal 3 (5 replies)
4x5 lenses (5 replies)
Schneider Lens filter help please. (5 replies)
Pacific Optical 18" F4 (26 replies)
Rodenstock Portrait Anastigmat Eurygon. (2 replies)
How does barrel lens shutter placement affect the image? (10 replies)
Best Way to Store My Large Format Lenses (10 replies)
Rodenstock 360mm f4.5 eurygon from 1945-1951 (14 replies)
Plaubel Suprocomar 100mm F2.9 Compur Shutter (24 replies)
odd lens mount (10 replies)
Acme Synchro Shutter flash sync question (6 replies)
A history behind the Dallmeyer Archive records of lenses sent to “Philadelphia.” (0 replies)
Universal Heliar - how to (7 replies)
Komuranon 90mm f/6.3 Lens (1 replies)
Polarizer [as in filter] (5 replies)
Emil Busch Petzval generation transition history: sampling needed to testify & modify (7 replies)
Rear element stuck on lens, need some ideas to get it off (10 replies)
New Lens Scale: How To Convert Milliseconds To Standard Camera Fractions? (16 replies)
Shutter Repair for Copal 1? (8 replies)
Best lens for ultra closeup…portraits! (13 replies)
Old scratched lenses, coatings, etc. (11 replies)
Antique Fair find (3 replies)
No brand lens question... (6 replies)
Is Fujinon SWD 90mm f5.6 suitable for linhof master technica? (3 replies)
Early Zeiss Serial numbers... Mysteriously nothing before 1912... (5 replies)
extra wide angle lens for 8x10 (44 replies)
My first Lens. Symmar-S 6,8 /360 in a Copal 3 shutter. What next? (24 replies)
Weitwinke euryscop VII no7 confusion?? (9 replies)
Copal 1 shutter problem: T mode behaves like B mode (5 replies)
Any info on Apromat Lenses (0 replies)
Wollensak Ex. WA 159mm f12.5 - Flange Focal distance ? (2 replies)
Aero Ektar 343mm / 13.5" / F3.5 Info (27 replies)
SOLAR ECLIPSE ADVIcE (3 replies)
Cooke Series II 4.1 Inch Eq Focus???? (2 replies)
Rodenstock APO Ronar CL 1:9 f/300mm (1 replies)
anti rotation screw (3 replies)
Just bought a Fujinon 135/5.6 W ( first type ) (34 replies)
Kodak 10 Inch f/6.3 Commercial Ektar - Help (17 replies)
Copal buzzing sound cocking with preview open (6 replies)
Goerz red dot Artar Reduction/Enlargement (3 replies)
Rodenstock Grandagon 115 vs Schneider Super Symmar 110 XL (34 replies)
Obsession? (2 replies)
Schneider-Kreuznach APO-Tele-Xenar HM 600/8 800/11 (11 replies)
crappiest camera and lens what did you do with it? (32 replies)
Buyer beware of 3D printed lens boards (28 replies)
Emil Busch unknown lens (4 replies)
Arrow mark on lens barrel (8 replies)
Schneider Tele-Xenar 240mm f5.5 shutter question (15 replies)
Where to find information about the manufacturing date for a Zeiss Tessar? (8 replies)