Greg
16-Apr-2019, 17:36
Have always been interested in WA and extreme WA lenses for 11x14. To begin with am leaving out Hypergons... the prices they fetch are just way beyond most of our budgets. On this end several years ago acquired a 5.9” No. 5 Gray Periscope barrel lens and amazingly SK Grimes was able to mount it into a Copal #3 shutter for me. Then last year acquired a 200mm f/6.5 TAYLOR-HOBSON Cooke Series VIIB WIDE ANGLE from a forum member. Also had SK Grimes mount it in another Copal #3 shutter. Just love to use both WA lenses but honestly the 5.9” No. 5 Gray Periscope proves to be just too much of an extreme WA lens for me most of the time. Exactly centering the lens, with respect to the back standard, has been my Achilles heel. Finally am in the process of putting together a solution... Attach a very, very small LED penlight flashlight to the center of the GG facing forward. Then replace the front lensboard with one that has a mirror glued to its back. Once I adjust the front standard to reflect the image of the LED penlight back to the center of the GG, I should have the lens perfectly centered on axis to the back. Still working on this... attaching the small LED penlight to the GG proving to be me Achilles Heal.
Really wanted to acquire a Pantagon that was up for auction and compare it to my 200mm f/6.5 TAYLOR-HOBSON Cooke Series VIIB (and use the best of the two) but was very, very much outbid on that auction. Schneider's and Rodenstock's 210mm WA lenses just command to high of selling prices for me to absorb, plus both seem to be quite huge. Also just really like the look of vintage WA and extreme WA optics when printing the images on Salted and Platinum/Palladium paper.
Curious of what other optics say between 200-250mm that cover 11x14.
Comments on this subject most welcome.
Really wanted to acquire a Pantagon that was up for auction and compare it to my 200mm f/6.5 TAYLOR-HOBSON Cooke Series VIIB (and use the best of the two) but was very, very much outbid on that auction. Schneider's and Rodenstock's 210mm WA lenses just command to high of selling prices for me to absorb, plus both seem to be quite huge. Also just really like the look of vintage WA and extreme WA optics when printing the images on Salted and Platinum/Palladium paper.
Curious of what other optics say between 200-250mm that cover 11x14.
Comments on this subject most welcome.