Yes, I'm going to mount this bad boy on a camera (on a 5" lens board...). I have a plan, I know what I'm doing (famous last words ).
Has anyone ever seen one of these before? A quick Google search turned up a thread somewhere about an eBay sale in 2006. I gather these aren't exactly common. Yes, it's a coated 12" f2 Petzval design, or close as I can tell from a quick look. I haven't opened it yet. A little over 6" dia, 8" long, weight about 15-18 lbs. Sadly I didn't get a flange, or the correct piece of the projector it came off of, just the lens.
I cannot mount this on my 8x10 as it uses a 4" lensboard and there will be significant vignetting, so I'm mounting it on my 5x7 where the vignetting shouldn't matter. The lens will be mounted on the tripod, pointed at what I want, then I attach the camera, coarse focus, and then support it with a monopod to finish up. For a shutter, I intend to wait until it's dark enough to shoot 1/2s or longer, then use a hat. I doubt the lens could be mounted on any conventional camera other than a studio camera.
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