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Shtativ
25-Feb-2006, 16:10
The unknown Xenotar 105/2.8 - fake or prototyp?

http://a.photofile.ru/album.php?id=1191731

Dan Fromm
25-Feb-2006, 16:37
Neither. The Vade Mecum reports that lens as used on Linhofs, cites an example from the mid-'50s.

FpJohn
25-Feb-2006, 16:54
Hello:

http://www.largeformatphotography.info/linhof/technika-23.html

Makes sense as they were Planar alternatives.

yours
Frank Johnston

David A. Goldfarb
26-Feb-2006, 05:46
It looks just like mine. It's a sharp fast lens. I've posted some test shots with that lens on a Busch Pressman C in the following thread on graflex.org. I've since sold the Pressman and am now using the Xenotar on a Tech V 23b--

graflex.org/helpboard/viewtopic.php?topic=3805&forum=1 (http://graflex.org/helpboard/viewtopic.php?topic=3805&forum=1)