Bob Cooley
9-Sep-1998, 13:10
HELP!
I need some help and info about a lens that I recently bought. I have just purchased my first large format camera, though I've been a shooter for many years (using 35 and 2-1/4).
While at a flea market, I picked up a 4X5 enlarger for parts (it cost me a whomping $10). and I found this lens on it:
http://www.eyekonphoto.com/storage/lens3.jpg
http://www.eyekonphoto.com/storage/lens1.jpg
it is a ring-mount lens; and I'm pretty sure its for a 4X5 camera, but I coul d be wrong.
It's marking are "COMPUR" on the name plate; "Contessa" and "Nettel" on the top, and it has a numbering of "D.R.P. No 258646 D.R.G.M." on it. What does any of this mean?
The barrel of the lens itself has the following info:
Tessar 1=6.3 f=16.5 cm (which of course makes it a 165mm /6.3) But what does "tessar" mean?
It is a Carl Zeiss Jena. What does "jena" mean?
Sorry to seem so ignorant on most of this; I'm new to the large format game; and I'd love to find out if this lens was a lucky treasure or just a nice pape rweight...
Please Drop me an email at Bob@eyekonpho to.com (mailto:Bob@eyekonphoto.com) if you can help with any info on this!
Thanks!!!
I need some help and info about a lens that I recently bought. I have just purchased my first large format camera, though I've been a shooter for many years (using 35 and 2-1/4).
While at a flea market, I picked up a 4X5 enlarger for parts (it cost me a whomping $10). and I found this lens on it:
http://www.eyekonphoto.com/storage/lens3.jpg
http://www.eyekonphoto.com/storage/lens1.jpg
it is a ring-mount lens; and I'm pretty sure its for a 4X5 camera, but I coul d be wrong.
It's marking are "COMPUR" on the name plate; "Contessa" and "Nettel" on the top, and it has a numbering of "D.R.P. No 258646 D.R.G.M." on it. What does any of this mean?
The barrel of the lens itself has the following info:
Tessar 1=6.3 f=16.5 cm (which of course makes it a 165mm /6.3) But what does "tessar" mean?
It is a Carl Zeiss Jena. What does "jena" mean?
Sorry to seem so ignorant on most of this; I'm new to the large format game; and I'd love to find out if this lens was a lucky treasure or just a nice pape rweight...
Please Drop me an email at Bob@eyekonpho to.com (mailto:Bob@eyekonphoto.com) if you can help with any info on this!
Thanks!!!