What lens is this (photo)

[fishbulb]

Saw this on petapixel today: http://petapixel.com/2016/02/23/crowd-photographers-looks-like-firefall-yosemite/

Any thoughts on what the setup here is? Looks like a Linhof but what is that lens?

http://petapixel.com/assets/uploads/2016/02/12779093_1097374090314898_3277460460106221050_o.jpg

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[Corran]

I asked the same question in a thread in the Lounge :)

Looks like a Copal 3 at least.

[Ken Lee]

Tele Arton ? See http://www.cameranonaniwa.co.jp/blog/shinsaibashi/secondhand/6186/

[David Lobato]

It's probably a 240mm f5.6 plasmat type, definitely a Copal 3 shutter. I have a Schneider Symmar-S 240mm lens that resembles it. The bellows draw looks too short to be for a 300mm lens.

[Bill_1856]

While we're at it, what is that boxy thing apparently in the accessory shoe?

[Corran]

It's not in the accessory shoe, it is under the GG - it's a Horseman exposure meter. I have one and it's quite a nice little device. Other than using old mercury batteries.

[Oren Grad]

MT3000, with that extra knob in the front corner?

The marking on the rim of the front cell does look to be in Schneider's style, with the shape matching a two line inscription of "LENS MADE IN GERMANY" above the serial number.

[Noah A]

Looks a lot like a 300/5.6 plasmat, maybe an APO Symmar. The front element looks too large for a 240. Camera looks to be an MT 3000.

[Bill Burk]

Wow, and all this time I thought Firefall was a special event where they built a huge bonfire at the top and pushed it over the edge.

[jnantz]

judging from the space between the front of the lens
and the shutter ... it looks like this same lens
http://petapixel.com/2013/07/14/this-gigantic-tintype-camera-shoots-the-analog-equivalent-of-gigapixel-photos/
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[Bill Burk]

I wasn't wrong about it... from 1872 to 1969 in the summer, at 9 o'clock they would push a campfire over the edge of Glacier Point...

[soeren]

What about the 2 MF looking cameras to the right? A Hasselblad right and a? 2 Hasselblads?

[Noah A]

The MF cameras look like a Rolleiflex HY6 and a Hasselblad.

[Bill Burk]

Here's a look behind-the-scenes at Yosemite's Firefall

http://www.beefalobill.com/images/BehindFirefall.jpg