From the perspective of an avid armature, who couldn?t sell the idea of a $700+ lens to the wife, I am a big fan of ?60?s? era Wollensak Raptar lenses. They are sharp, light, and fast. The...
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From the perspective of an avid armature, who couldn?t sell the idea of a $700+ lens to the wife, I am a big fan of ?60?s? era Wollensak Raptar lenses. They are sharp, light, and fast. The...
For those that read this in the future, I sent the lens to Steve Grimes to have the rear element repaired. It came back fast, at a reasonable price, and looking like brand new!! Some mentioned...
It has been mentioned here before, but try here for lens test results on many modern, and classics.
http://www.hevanet.com/cperez/testing.html#100mm_thru_163mm
I own the 90mm WA Raptar, and from all reports this is the same lens, just sold under Wollensaks house brand. Several sources have put the image circle at 162mm, and from my experience you can...
Digital, way to expensive with a very short life span. LF, cheap, the cheapest format I own, and lasts a life time.
Film is alive and well. A mature business making money. Digital is still...
As someone new to LF, I am learning a great deal about how I approach subjects, and view light, tone and composition. On several recent outings I have returned without exposing a single frame. Even...
Dick,
I have a Super Graphic, and mine is metal, not plastic. Did they make a plastic Super? I can't find any info on the Graphic's web site.
Bill,
He forgot to tell you that his statement ("5 years plus or minus, and after that no guarantees.") was realy a reference to how long Kodak will be in business. That is if their marketing...
Ernie Gec,
You have said it better than I have read anywhere before. All should read it once more, as it states why many of us do photography, and are so frustrated by our results.
Thank you...
Matt,
I'm not concerned that I paid too much, and of course I'm looking for a bargin. All I wanted from the forum was some help identifying the fault, and after that could it be fixed at a...
Dan,
I unscrewed the rear element, and there is nothing on the inner surface of the lens. It is clean as can be. So, what ever this is, it is in between the cemented elements.
Question: If...
I would like to add that I don't think the person intentionally misrepresented the item. I was listed in "Lens, other" not the large format lens section. It was misnamed as a "Wollensak Rapax ...
I forgot to mention that it is on an internal surface of the lens. Not something that I could clean off an outter surface.
I just purchased a 162mm Wollensak Raptar on Ebay. The lens was described as " never used." Indeed it was as if it just left the factory. Not a mark on it, a nd with the original caps!! The front...
Is there anyone that thinks color 4x5 will be unavailalbe in say.
2-3 years? 3-5 years? 5-10 years? 10+ years?
Update: I loaded four holders with Ilford Delta 100 last night with no problems. It was easy to recognize the notch and get the correct side up. It slid into the slot for the film with no...
Robert,
I tried to scan the holder to better show what I was trying to describe, but it doesn't show it in a way that would help. The film is in the correct slot, not the slot for the dark...
First, I am new to large format, and as I am doing dry runs learning to load fil m, with some junk out-of-date film, I have noticed that sometimes it looks bowed in the center. It is in the correct...