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Louis Pacilla
22-Mar-2011, 18:00
Trying to stop over bidding for this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350449547010&ssPageName=ADME:X:RTQ:US:1123

I contacted the seller & they said it is a Collinear Series III #5.

Not that a Collinear is a bad lens but certainly a different beast. Not to mention the extra $ you may have bid for the Portrait Euryscope.

The seller added a tiny bit buried at the bottom of the listing that says it's a Collinear series III #5

The title (still present) is just so misleading. Like the guy that sold the series IV as "PORTRAIT" Euryscope.for I believe around $1800 WOW:eek: If you don't know better you can take a bath.
Jim Galli
22-Mar-2011, 18:52
This is a 135mm lens. Very small. I sold one last month for $80. People have lost their minds.

I may be wrong on that. 1905 catalog lists #5 as 250mm. Still not a portrait or even a non portrait Euryscop which I think people must be thinking it is to bid $500.
Steven Tribe
23-Mar-2011, 01:39
Prochnow lists the series III Kollinear no. 5 as 15cm made for 16x21cm. The no. 8 was 25cm.
The F7.7 is a surprise. Could be the remains of a casket Collinear III set which started at this f value?
paulMD
24-Mar-2011, 10:42
Prochnow lists the series III Kollinear no. 5 as 15cm made for 16x21cm. The no. 8 was 25cm.
The F7.7 is a surprise. Could be the remains of a casket Collinear III set which started at this f value?

Looks like Prochnow is an author, do you have a book title or URL? Sorry, it's a bit OT, I just want to bookmark as many of these books and references as I can. :)

edit: this? (http://www.camerabooks.com/Products/Voigtlander-Report-3---Platten--und-Rollfilmkameras-ab-1940-by-Claus-Prochnow__Voigtlander-spc-Report-spc-3-spc--fslsh--spc-Prochnow.aspx)
Tim Deming
26-Mar-2011, 10:09
Prochnow lists the series III Kollinear no. 5 as 15cm made for 16x21cm. The no. 8 was 25cm.
The F7.7 is a surprise. Could be the remains of a casket Collinear III set which started at this f value?

Hi Steven,

FYI, that f-stop range (f5.4 to f6.8) is a typo in Prochnow's book (p.23-633). The original series III collinears start at f6.8 then switch to f7.7 at larger sizes.

cheers

Tim
Steven Tribe
26-Mar-2011, 10:20
PaulMD: Voigtländer Report 3 by Claus Prochnow, 2007 - Still available as a new book.
Tim: Thanks, That makes sense in relation to the casket f values - have made the correction.