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barrybest
16-May-2012, 11:53
Hello,

Coukd anyone tell me the specifications of this lens: Apochromat Tessar 1:10 F = 640 mm,
I want to use it for wett plate collodion photography, I can't find the coverage of the lens,

http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/11036899_apochromat-tessar-110-f-640-mm-c-1904

kind regards barry

Dan Fromm
16-May-2012, 12:43
Go here: http://www.cameraeccentric.com/html/info/zeiss_1.html , see p. 11. Remember that coverage at 1:1 is double coverage at infinity.

E. von Hoegh
17-May-2012, 14:33
A friend has an older Zeiss Apo Tessar that is backwards, that is the cemented pair is at what we would call the front of the barrel.