Darlot cleaning up

[ederphoto]

Well, i bought the lens.Came with an 8x10 Wet plate portrait camera and a 8x10 wet plate holder .The image on the ground glass is what convinced me to buy it.Now is time for some cleaning up .The rear elements come out really easy ,now the front ones are hard .Are they suppose to come out as easy as the rear elements ?I'm strong guy, i know if put some muscle power i can twist this whole thing like a towel but i just want it intact for now .Nice triplet on the back and they are also signed .Any body in need of a 8x10 wet plate camera and holder ? It also cover 11x14 like a piece of cake !

[ic-racer]

I won't recommend anything :) but I have removed stubborn lens rings by heating the lens.

[GSX4]

I'd be interested in the 8x10 wet plate camera AND holder if its available? I'd be interested in pictures. As for removing the lenses... It's a Darlot, but not sure which type. For a petzval type of which I have several made by Darlot, the rear lenses are airspaced, and the front is a cemented pair. Heat can be a problem on Balsam and it to be avoided unless you know what you are doing. We need to know the lens design type to be sure.

[ederphoto]

This is the lens :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/20410993@N04/4391153762/sizes/o/

[ederphoto]

This is the lens after some elbow grease mixed with the pleasure to bring this lens back to it's heyday .And i'm not done yet .I'm not sure if i'm gonna keep it for very long .Will be better in the hands of someone who is really gonna use it .My wife will not allow anything in the house that's not shining ...

[goamules]

Congratulations! You got a Darlot actually originally made for camera use, and it looks like a large one too.

[fuegocito]

congratulation, how did you ever manage to get it so shinny:)

Rob


This is the lens after some elbow grease mixed with the pleasure to bring this lens back to it's heyday .And i'm not done yet .I'm not sure if i'm gonna keep it for very long .Will be better in the hands of someone who is really gonna use it .My wife will not allow anything in the house that's not shining ...

[Joshua Dunn]

Goamules,

I have to ask, are you saying that this Darlot was intended for use on a camera (rather than a projector) based on the fact that it can take water house stops? Is that uncommon? I ask because I have a much smaller Darlot that takes water house stops. I guess I assumed that they all did.

[ederphoto]

A few hours of hard work ! Just kidding. It was easy, i've been doing this professionally
for the past 14 years and that's how i make my living .And this is only with half of the work done .

[goamules]

Hi Joshua, see the other post for ways to differentiate. But basically no magic lantern lens needed or had waterhouse slots. Very early Jamin Darlot lenses may not have slots. Most later camera lenses did.