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Because it was not focused properly. My guess.

Interesting! Thanks for an info. It seems Suter was not very strict in naming. My lens is 400mm f4.7 and should be named 5c (it is marked 5bis).
Although it is rather slow the image on the gg is...

I have noticed that my lens has several hundreds younger number than the last one in your notes. 348xxnvs 344xx Just for a note.

Thanks and sorry Steven.
The optics (front achromatic) is marked rp/40c. It may suggest it was made or repolished for 40cm. I did not noticed big differences between images projected on gg with and...

Yes. I have two Stellas 450 f5.6. One is brass finish thw other is black. So not only size determines finish. The black is little older but sharper. The brass is little bit softish wide open - I like...

The glass is marked with pencil rp/40c. I think it was made for special order. They took a 5bis barrel (but the wh slot is in slightly different location), added the extension to adopt barrel for...

Stella 450mm has 2x 3lenses.

It is an old thread but lets add a Petzval: Rapid Portrait lens 400mm f4,7 - serial 34891 (1904?)

Thank you Mark but I did not find any info there.
This is the lens. Its bit longer than 5bis (please note the "extention" on the rear end.
The front glass is marked RP/40c (rapid portrait 40cm) ...

Hello.
Does anyone know this lens in f4.7 version? I have bought it recently (still dont have it in hands)but all I can find in the net is about f3.75 version. Nothing about f4.7. Any info about...

True. I will not try to repair it myself. I know a man that is making tube amplifiers, but schematic would help him sor sure.
Thanks again.

Thank you Bernice! But I dont have a Elinchrom gear - I have Bowens Quadmatic generators and heads, But I would like to use an old Hensel 2x3kWs stick with Bowens generators.
Do you have Bowens...

Very much. TKANK YOU.

I have bought an old Hensel strobe "stick" similar to Briese spacematic. It has two tubes of 3kWs and two cables. I want to use it with two Bowens Quadmatic 3ka genearors. Hensel and Bowens share...

Taken with Mamiya Pro Tl and 35mm.
Printed on Foma 123BO in lith technique
This was a courtyard of castle in Poland.
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I'm not sure right now. I had several lenses with me. It could be unlocked Velostigmat, modyfied industar or reverted Kronar..
Much less possible that it was an imagon

4x5 film
Agfa 111 30x40 cm print
Soft focus us lens
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Many thanks

Thanks. It was fun to shoot. It is nice yoy like the result.

Thank you. :) resolution is what I'm trying to avoid :)

Thanks.

Imagon 420 , ring 1 open
8x10 film + pyro
Contact print on Agfa 111 fb paper
"Scanned" with phone - sorry
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Yes Mark, I know that. I think I can handle this. Thank you.

Good for you! I bought CZJ tessar and made it sf lens. This shortened the FL to ca 300 mm f3.7.

Yes. The world is not perfect...

Yes, Eidoscopes are nice for portraits and stills. Never used them for landscapes. I should try. Are you sure you aligned the front group correctly? on a optical bench? Maybe the problem is here -...

Thanks. Never mind...
I will keep it as "one of a kind" SF lens :). Maybe I will get nicer one in the future. There are several options to repair it, but I`m not sure it is wort it.
My curiosity...

OK. Thanks for your comments.
It looks like those who know the seller are ready to be more gentle in their opinions. I understand this.

I did not know who the seller is untill I have got customs docs. I was sure the lens would be fine as I have seen several posts from buyers of his lenses. They said the condition of their lenses was...

Thanks. Sure i will. I have a hard time when selling lenses. I keep most... The condition of this one makes it is not Vello, but it doesnt mean it could not produce great pisc - just not like decent...

Haha. I will! Really! Me to. My most favorite lens is much much worse in terms of condition. In this case I`m bit nervous because I wanted to try how Velostigmats (without additional effects) work.

Unfortunately not , I`m afraid. The lens is usable of course, but its character (I quess) is changed)

Unfortunately not , I`m afraid. The lens us usable of course, but its signature was (I quess) changed.

Not agree - it should be properly described with something like: "the price is lower because of its condition" or similar. Maybe its me, but I try to show item real condition to avoid such...

I did not used seller name nor nick, nor link to the auction. Lets keep it.
Modification in this case is very simple - just removing the pin that restricts the front element to one turn only. This...

I'm not saying the lens is not usable. I have lots of sf lenses but not velistigmat. I have bought it to learn how it performes compare to other. Now i can say which is the effect of lens itself, ...

Thanks. This treat is to get more objective, not personal opinion before contact with the seller...
This is sad as I was looking for 12 or 14in version for a year.

The other common problem... ...

Scratches. Can not say how much they degrade the image as i dont have nice lens to compare...
This is not the point. Some ugly lenses gives nice images, the point is "distance" between...

In fact it IS a SF lens - not "true" SF (like Eidoscope, Perscheid, P&S, Verito etc), but more like Universal Heliar, some Cookes and some petzvals for example. Can be set to sharp or SF setting.

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Hello.
Just got Vellostigmat off ebay.
Please read description:

" (...) Glass is decent but will have a few cleaning sleaks. It's 100 years old, and these were so useful, they got used. A...