Cooke 18" compared to Nikkor M 450

[rich caramadre]

I've just acquired a Cooke 18" in a copal 3. The image on the ground glass is nice and crisp. Anyone have experience with this lens? I'm mostly curious how it compares to a Nikkor M 450. How about image circle for 11x14?

[Lachlan 717]

Which series Cooke?

[Andrew Plume]

sounds as though it's probably a process lens...................

andrew

[rich caramadre]

IX 460mm

[Andrew Plume]

have a look at this brilliant link:

http://www.allenrumme.com/lensdb/Process.html

regards
andrew