I just purchased a very nice B & J 5x7 View camera that came with a Kodak Ektar 203mm f7.7 ES1313.
The lens is very clean and the shutter looks as clean, but the shutter is stuck closed and will not respond.
Is the Ektar lens worth keeping if I have to send the shutter off for a CLA/repair?
The shutter is a Kodak Flash Supermatic Shutter...
Any ideas? Thanks
J Durr
Yes, it is worth keeping, assuming the shutter just needs a CLA. The lens is a great performer.
“You often feel tired, not because you've done too much, but because you've done too little of what sparks a light in you.”
― Alexander Den Heijer, Nothing You Don't Already Know
This sort of lens goes for $200 in working shapes, so it's worth a shutter service. It's a good sharp compact lens with good bokeh too.
An Ektar 203mm f/7.7 was my favorite lens on 5x7 and 4x5 for many years.
the 203 is a great lens
"WOW! Now thats a big camera. By the way, how many megapixels is that thing?"
IMHO the Ektar 203mm f/7.7 is worth the attention. It is capable of beautiful images if you do your part.
"I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority"---EB White
I still want one of the shutter models and the enlarging model.
Not sure what's different, but one has no shutter...
And it was OE on my 5x7 Elwood so that explains that.
Or does it.
Tin Can
They are excellent lenses, I'm lucky enough to have 2, one made in the UK in a Prontor SVS #0 and the other a late US version in a Compur #1.
Ian
Out of curiosity, what's the image circle for this lens?
http://www.bnphoto.org/bnphoto/KodakEktarsDB1.htmOriginally Posted by neil poulsen
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