Wollansack Lenes

[seawolf66]

IS there any difference between the wollensack lenses such as the Optar and the Raptar : or is it just simply that one
lens sold to another company so a new name was given to the lens :)

[Jim Noel]

There are differences.
Camera Eccentric has pdf's of several old Wollensak catalogs on the web site and they are full of information.

[Dan Fromm]

Optar is a Graflex trade name. Not all Optars were made by Wollensak, but most are rebadged Wollensak Raptars.

Raptar is a Wollensak trade name. Not all Raptars were rebadged as Optars and sold by Graflex.

Now, what do you really want to know?

[seawolf66]

Thats all dan believe it or not, the way it read in the Vade Mercum , I got confussed and asked here: so the chances of a optar not being a raptar are slim then :the other reason I am asking is I got a 15" tele-optar graflex brand, thanks dan:



Optar is a Graflex trade name. Not all Optars were made by Wollensak, but most are rebadged Wollensak Raptars.

Raptar is a Wollensak trade name. Not all Raptars were rebadged as Optars and sold by Graflex.

Now, what do you really want to know?

[Dan Fromm]

15"/5.6 TeleOptar = 15"/5.6 TeleRaptar

Why didn't you simply ask whether that was the case?

[Glenn Thoreson]

Some later model Optars were made by Rodenstock. Those were toward the end of Graflex production. To my knowledge, for what that's worth, all the tele Optars were Wollensak.

[seawolf66]

Thank you all for the information: