Steve Goldstein
18-Jan-2012, 05:24
A while ago I purchased the elements and aperture scales for one of these from a fellow forum member. All perfectly fit an old-style Copal 1, the kind with one arc-shaped scale mounted on the front and another scale on the side. It's a nice lens, and unlike its brother the Calumet Wide-Field, is threaded for 67mm filters.
Fast forward to today's morning eBay perusal. Amazing, there's an Acu-Veriwide with a serial number just 11 off from mine but in a Copal 0. Hmm, sez I, let's take a more careful look at that lens. Lo and behold, what I thought was just a very unusual barrel design for both cells is actually two parts - a pretty standard pair of tapered housings, each with a very nicely machined adapter attached. Remove the adapters and it fits a Copal 0!
Was the Copal 1 fitment a standard ex-factory option?
Fast forward to today's morning eBay perusal. Amazing, there's an Acu-Veriwide with a serial number just 11 off from mine but in a Copal 0. Hmm, sez I, let's take a more careful look at that lens. Lo and behold, what I thought was just a very unusual barrel design for both cells is actually two parts - a pretty standard pair of tapered housings, each with a very nicely machined adapter attached. Remove the adapters and it fits a Copal 0!
Was the Copal 1 fitment a standard ex-factory option?