I kind of asked about this in another thread regarding the Rodenstock Imagon 200mm f/5.8 lens. I would like to delve deeper into this question here. The basic issue is this... I am missing the 5.8/7.7 aperture disk for the Imagon 200mm. It is the disk that many Imagon users use as would I like to do. I have not been able to find a 5.8/7.7 disk for the 200 BUT I did purchase a 5.8/7.7 disk for the Imagon 250mm lens. This disk is on its way from Japan as I write. I plan to use the 250 disk on the 200 lens. Since all three Imagons (200, 250 and 300) consist of a rear lens and Copal 3 shutter, there should be no issue with the disks fitting the different lenses. A Copal 3 is a Copal 3 whether it is mounted on a 200, 250 or 300. So the 250 disk I purchased should fit on my 200mm lens.
But this begs the question in my mind of what is the difference. Here is where I think I have gotten in over my head. Digging around I found the Project Nayuki (https://www.nayuki.io/page/absolute-...lens-apertures) which addresses absolute and relative lens apertures. Pushing some numbers around, I came up with the following. I know the 200mm has a 200mm focal length and an absolute aperture of 5.8. I don't know the aperture diameter but I can compute it to be 34.5mm. Likewise I can compute the aperture diameter of the 250mm f/5.8 disk as 43.1mm. So there would be the difference. The 250mm 5.8 disk would have a 43.1mm aperture diameter compared to the 34.5mm aperture diameter of the 200mm 5.8 disk.
Remember, I think I am in over my head. So if I put the 250 5.8 disk on the 200 5.8 lens what happens? The way I read it, I would have a 200mm lens with an aperture diameter to 43.1mm. That computes to an aperture of 4.6 given the aperture diameter for the 250mm 5.8 disk. Now that's a 4.6 aperture based on the disk opening but the lens itself has a 5.8 aperture. So even though the disk would be wider (4.6) the lens still couldn't go any wider the 5.8. Right? SO the 250 5.8 disk should work on the 200 5.8 lens. But the reverse is not true. A 200 5.8 disk would end up stopped down to around 7.2 on a 250mm lens. Correct?
Please help me pull my head out of the water. Thanks.
Ed
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