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renes
13-Jun-2010, 07:57
Hello,

Recently I made a trade for great shape Ernst Leitz Wetzl 400mm lens, looks like pre- War II production lens. It's heavy solid piece of glass - weights about 2,5 kg. Seems to be very fast lens - it's 100mm across., I suppose it's f/3.6

Leitz never made lenses for large format, did not he?
So, what this was for? Big enlarger or projector?
Lens was fitted to large wooden plate.

seven
13-Jun-2010, 08:24
projector.

Wimpler
13-Jun-2010, 11:07
An episcope or epidiascope, to be a bit more specific :)

renes
14-Jun-2010, 03:46
Thanks.