Wanderlust 4x5 P&S

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Originally Posted by Steve Pitchford

Is the Synchro-Compur shutter f6.8/ 90mm considered similar?

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Yeah, the Synchro-Compur is a Copal-0-alike. Most Angulons will be in Compur or Synchro-Compur shutters. Should fit just fine!

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Originally Posted by rdenney

The Graflex WA Optar (which is really a Wollensak WA Raptar) is a similar concept, even smaller and lighter but probably not quite as good.

Calumet lenses (branded Caltar) were made by various contractors, but all of them that could be under consideration here were made for Compur or Copal shutters.

All of these perform best at f/16 or f/22. None were designed for use wide open, and doing so will reveal their weaknesses, if sharpness is the objective. The double-retrofocus lenses generally outperform the double-anastigmat lenses, but at the price of size, weight, and cost.

Rick "summarizing" Denney

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Nope, the Raptar is a 4/4 double Gauss.

Nope, some Ilex Caltars are in Ilex shutters. This includes some, not all, of Ilex's 90/8 anti-Super Angulons.

Are you sure that Grandagons and Super Angulons are best between f/16 and f/22?

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Originally Posted by Steve Pitchford

Ben,
Is the Synchro-Compur shutter f6.8/ 90mm considered similar? It's a Schneider-K.....labeled Linhof Technika. Early on I emailed you about the lens and you answered you thought it would work. I had it CLA'd just for the Travelwide. I like it's small size and weight and image sharpness, and while I have a Calumet W/F, I can't imagine using such a boat anchor on a P&S camera and am baffled by all the lens discussions. However I've learned long ago, "To each his own, it's all unknown - if dogs roam free why not me" (we). Bob Dylan, from the Basement Tapes.

Happy trails,
SteveP

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I missed this Dylan quote the first time through. Bob also sang:

"We live and we die, we know not why"
But where is the Travelwide?

From "Modern Times", ok, I added the second line.

Larry

Should be:

But at least we'll have the Travelwide.

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Originally Posted by Oren Grad

My comment was addressed to Kirk, in response to these observations about the lens that he owns:





Kirk owns a Grandagon. Steve has a different - older - lens, for which the question of Ilex vs Schneider is relevant. Steve does not own a Grandagon, under any name.

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Yes I believe so and the more recent version at that I think. It is a very modern looking lens-lens and shutter all black with modern looking MC.

Has anyone gotten a camera yet? Just asking.

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Originally Posted by Kirk Gittings

Yes I believe so and the more recent version at that I think. It is a very modern looking lens-lens and shutter all black with modern looking MC.

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How to tell (aka, fun with Rodenstock trivia!): the most recent Caltar II-N's have the same colored stripes and updated typeface as the Apo-Sironar-N/S/W and late-model Grandagon-N, like this:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/photojunk4u/5002950102/

The older Caltar II-N's, without the stripe and with the older-style typeface, look like this:

http://www.lf-photo.org.uk/forum/vie...&t=2318#p13596

Either way, a very fine lens!

Drew- they're in the final manufacturing and assembly stage now. Expectation is that they should ship within the next few weeks. Hopefully we'll have them in our hot little hands by August.

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Originally Posted by Drew Bedo

Has anyone gotten a camera yet? Just asking.

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Apparently they already have;
body
inner helical
outer helical
rubber grip/focus indicator
helical retaining tabs
65 lens plate
metal frame viewfinder
spring steel back

Still waiting for;
plastic ground glass
pinwide cap
pinwide (they were waiting on one more EC to try to get this part perfect)
CHOMPY spanner wrench
cartons for shipping

They do not have a date to start shipping cameras yet and still have to compile a servey of backers current addresses and whether single camera backers want the parts to convert from the 90 to the 65.

Ben has been sending updates once a week now and I'm sure will inform backers via an update when all parts are in place and assembled and they are ready for the survey and to start shipping the units.

Scott and Plywood:

thanks for the up-date.