Congo lens

[tonyowen]

I have an E-CONGO J.R 150mm f4.5 lens.
All of the links I can find on Google to Congo are invalid.
Although this is an enlarging lens does, anyone know what its covering circle is; and is it any use as a 4x5 taking lens?
regards
Tony

[Andrew Plume]

Tony, Hi

I've just sent you two pm's with details extracted from the 'LVM'

regards

Andrew

[tonyowen]

Tony, Hi i've just sent you two pm's with details extracted from the 'LVM'
regards Andrew

Andrew, received and thank you
regards
Tony

[Andrew Plume]

Thx indeed Tony, happy to have helped

regards

Andrew

[Chuck Pere]

This link seems to still work: http://web.archive.org/web/201204192...o/index_e.html

[tonyowen]

This link seems to still work: http://web.archive.org/web/201204192...o/index_e.html

It does thank you, but no mention of the e-congo lens {that I've spotted)
regards
Tony

[orgraph]

Use 90/6.3; 120/6.3;400/8 Light, small, high-quality image

[Dan Fromm]

It does thank you, but no mention of the e-congo lens {that I've spotted)
regards
Tony

It is an enlarging lens, not a taking lens.

[tonyowen]

It is an enlarging lens, not a taking lens.

Yes I stated this on my OP[ing], the questions were does anyone know the image circle and is it [possibly] any use as a taking lens.
ps the above link does include enlarging lenses BUT NOT the 150mm f4.5 lens I have.

regards
Tony

[Mark Sampson]

Apparently it's not a well-known lens, but it's still worth a try. I'd cobble up a lens board and hot-glue the lens to it. I assume that it's not in a shutter, so make a few test exposures when the light is low enough to use a hat over the lens.
One @ f/32, one @ f/16, one wide open. One series at infinity focus, and one close-up. Six sheets of film, one processing run, and you'll have your answer.