135 Planar 3.5

[linhofbiker]

I am considering getting an outfit that includes what used to be a 135 Planar 3.5. The elements have been removed from the Compur Electronic #1 shutter. Short of finding a set of Planar elements, what other 135mm lens element set would fit with or without an adapter? I used to have a 135 Symmar about 50 years ago.

[xkaes]

Good luck finding "just the 135mm elements" that will fit. You'll be better off selling the Compur -- people are always looking for working shutters -- and buying a used 135mm that meets your needs. Plenty to choose from.

But, if you are "married" to this electronic shutter -- good luck finding "just the 135mm elements" that will fit.

[Dan Fromm]

OP, any lens cells that are direct fits in a Compur/Copal standard #1 will fit the shutter.

If you must have a 135, at the moment there's a 135/5.6 Boyer Saphir BX in barrel on ebay.fr (404177343278). Boyer sold Saphir BXs as enlarging lenses but their prescription is the same as that of Boyer's Zircon, sold as a taking lens. Plasmat types, convertible and a little better than the first generation of plasmat type Symmars. I have a 105/5.6 and a 150/5.6 BX that I mounted in #1s. Both are better than good enough, but since I shoot 2x3, not 4x5, you can rightly ask what I know.

If that won't do for you, hold on to the shutter and wait for a lens in barrel or broken shutter that will fit a #1 and meets your needs to turn up.

[xkaes]

One concern about using different elements in that shutter is the f-stop scale. It may not be a match for the "new" elements that you add to it.

[linhofbiker]

I will be shooting 6x12 with a couple of Linhof Techno Rollex's. The original planar was in the mount for the Linhof Aero Technika 45EL, so want to keep it at 135 to use the mount.244161

[linhofbiker]

One concern about using different elements in that shutter is the f-stop scale. It may not be a match for the "new" elements that you add to it.

Done this before: you can determine the actual f-stop by trial and error. Besides it is not critical when shooting B/W.

[linhofbiker]

[QUOTE=Dan Fromm;1697650]OP, any lens cells that are direct fits in a Compur/Copal standard #1 will fit the shutter.

If you must have a 135, at the moment there's a 135/5.6 Boyer Saphir BX in barrel on ebay.fr (404177343278).
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[Dan Fromm]

[QUOTE=Dan Fromm;1697650]OP, any lens cells that are direct fits in a Compur/Copal standard #1 will fit the shutter.

If you must have a 135, at the moment there's a 135/5.6 Boyer Saphir BX in barrel on ebay.fr (404177343278).
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