Michael Graves
29-Nov-2007, 17:36
Bought an interesting lens from the Bay and I think I got lucky. It's strange lens on a stranger lens board. The lens is a Leitmeyr Munchen Weitwenkel Anastigmat 120mm. I figured since Weitwenkel means wide angle, I might get lucky and it would cover 4x5. If it did, maybe I could get my 120mm Angulon back from my wife who has it welded to her Speed Graphic. Just for Schlitz and Gin, I put it on my 8x10 to see how big the image circle was. Stopped down, it came within an inch on the corners of covering it! It'll have no problem with 5x7. The angulon gets right to the corners of the 5x7, but if I try to use any movements at all, I pay the price.
I tried to do some googling and came up empty. I'm going to take it out with the 5x7 this weekend and see what I get. The shutter was cleans as a whistle and even 1 sec. purrs like a kitten. If the pictures look good, I'll keep it and quit bugging me lovely wife about the other lens. She's better with it than I am anyway.
The lens came mounted on a 3" brushed chrome lens board with rounded corners. Any idea what takes that kind of lens board? It's very pretty. It's drilled for a Prontor II shutter, since that's what the lens is in, but it's the same sized hole that my 90mm angulon filled. So it's about the same as the #0 Compur. If anybody wants it, they can have it in trade for a print.
I tried to do some googling and came up empty. I'm going to take it out with the 5x7 this weekend and see what I get. The shutter was cleans as a whistle and even 1 sec. purrs like a kitten. If the pictures look good, I'll keep it and quit bugging me lovely wife about the other lens. She's better with it than I am anyway.
The lens came mounted on a 3" brushed chrome lens board with rounded corners. Any idea what takes that kind of lens board? It's very pretty. It's drilled for a Prontor II shutter, since that's what the lens is in, but it's the same sized hole that my 90mm angulon filled. So it's about the same as the #0 Compur. If anybody wants it, they can have it in trade for a print.