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Shootar401
31-Dec-2012, 14:10
I have a Wollensack 162mm f/4,5 enlarging lens that I'd like to use on my 4x5. I don't have a lens board that fits the lens so I can't do any tests. Do you think it would give a different look than a normal lens? Any interesting bokeh?

I also have this unmarked brass lens focal length is around 180mm with a max aperture of f/16 and stops down to f/512! I shot it today at f/16 and it was extremely soft, I couldn't even get it sharp on the GG, so I'm not sure if its a soft focus lens or its just naturally soft.

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SpeedGraphicMan
31-Dec-2012, 14:59
Can you post a pic of the resulting picture?

Are you sure that isn't some kind of special lens? like a macro or something?

f16 to f512 make me raise an eyebrow!? Never heard of that on an enlarging lens or a soft focus lens!
Steven Tribe
31-Dec-2012, 15:21
F16 is either a wide-angled design, or a portable-type ordinary RR. Coverage, either way, will be far more than you need or should use on a 4x5.

RR's have to be taken down in aperture size to sharpen up.
drew.saunders
31-Dec-2012, 15:43
That might not be f-numbers but U.S. numbers (16 is the same for both systems). Here's a comparison chart: http://randcollins.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/diaphragmnumbers.gif
Anyway, U.S. 512 looks to be f/128, which is a little more believable than f/512.
SpeedGraphicMan
31-Dec-2012, 15:55
That might not be f-numbers but U.S. numbers (16 is the same for both systems). Here's a comparison chart: http://randcollins.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/diaphragmnumbers.gif
Anyway, U.S. 512 looks to be f/128, which is a little more believable than f/512.

Forgot about that... I had those style stops on a lens I had once, quite confusing if you only use the lens occasionally!
Shootar401
31-Dec-2012, 16:09
Here is a photo from the unknown lens at its largest aperture. Arista EDU, 100 ASA 1/30 sec. Straight out for the V700 with just levels, no sharpening or filters. It was a test shot, so I didn't care about composition.

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Close up of the branches I focused on.

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SpeedGraphicMan
31-Dec-2012, 16:25
Try it wide open next time and see how it preforms...
BetterSense
31-Dec-2012, 19:42
I have a Raptar 210 f/4.something lens with no shutter--it's the one they used for the eyes on the robot in Short Circuit.

It has a quite large aperture for its focal length and the aperture is perfectly round. I've always been happy with the photos I've taken with it, all things considered.
Carsten Wolff
2-Jan-2013, 22:28
your 162mm Raptar should fit into an Alphax or Betax #3 shutter. There were subtle differences between some Raptars; a few were cut to fit a Rapax shutter; All the barrel and enlarging lenses I ever used fit straight into the Alphax/Betax variety.