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Ed Bray
7-Jul-2012, 03:24
As title really:

Is there such a thing as a cheap (less than $400) Petzval lens?

Is there a modern day Petzval lens?
Andrew
7-Jul-2012, 03:27
you mean like the way they carried on being made for years as "projection lenses" ?
Ed Bray
7-Jul-2012, 03:32
you mean like the way they carried on being made for years as "projection lenses" ?

Hmm, I didn't know they had. Is every projection lens a Petzval design? I still have a 35mm projector, would that have a Petzval lens? Wouldn't the coverage be poor for LF?
Dan Fromm
7-Jul-2012, 04:02
No. Perhaps. Yes.
Andrew
7-Jul-2012, 04:03
unfortunately no, not *all* projection lenses were petzval type but I gather it was a popular choice well into the 20th C
perhaps the good folk here might offer some specific examples to get you started ?
Andrew
7-Jul-2012, 04:24
Ed, i sent ya a pm
Ed Bray
7-Jul-2012, 04:31
Ed, i sent ya a pm

Read and replied to. Thanks.