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Hi, I have a vintage brass lens and seeking to learn more about the optical design and the date of the lens.
I mounted it on a temp card to go run a couple sheets through it this weekend.
The lens engraving is as follows:
"Friedo Wiesenhavern, Hamburg, F8 Effwee Aplanat Extra Rapid " - see attached photo.
A google search doesn't really help much, so I was hoping someone here knows more about this lens?
Thanks!
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blue4130
5-Oct-2019, 16:22
I have the exact lens as well. I picked mine up a couple years back. It's a rapid aplanat/rectilinear design. 4 elements in two groups. About 220mm f8. Wiesenhavern in a photo shop in Germany that actually still exists. I contacted them and they had limited information, but where able to date the lens to around 1900-1910. A little on the slow side, but works well enough.
Thanks for the info Vance. Got any photos using this lens?
I have the exact lens as well. I picked mine up a couple years back. It's a rapid aplanat/rectilinear design. 4 elements in two groups. About 220mm f8. Wiesenhavern in a photo shop in Germany that actually still exists. I contacted them and they had limited information, but where able to date the lens to around 1900-1910. A little on the slow side, but works well enough.
blue4130
8-Oct-2019, 02:24
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This is the only one I have handy. I've used it for a few portraits, all told, its nothing spectacular. It is a tad soft, but that works well enough for portraits, just slow.
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