Ah, never mind. I found the site. Thank you.
Ah, never mind. I found the site. Thank you.
Good.
I have two of his lenses, a 500mm I use on 11x14 and a 285 that I use on my 8x10.
Working with the Wollaston Meniscus lenses is a bit different than working with your typical Tessar or Dialyte but I enjoy using them. You can certainly make them for yourself, they really are not that complex, but Reinhold does a great job with them so I don't mind parting with the funds for his work.
He doesn't work with Paypal so it takes a check or a money order but I certainly don't mind that.
The Viewfinder is the Soul of the Camera
If you don't believe it, look into an 8x10 viewfinder!
Dan
How about a Beseler lens from one of their opaque/overhead (forget which) projectors. Many years ago I sold my 14x17 film holders (medical ones) to a photographer in the Boston area who used one of these lenses on his 14x17. I picked up a 14" one that I intend to experiment with on my 11x14. No aperture listed on the lens, but f/4.5 sticks in my mind for some reason. In the late 1970s used a Beseler projector that probably had a 500-600mm lens on it and had to be easily in the f/5.6 range.
I don't really know . . .just brain-storming . . .
Do any of the HUGE Petzval lenses I see on e-Bay meet any f your requirements. I think some might cover enough and some would be fast enough . . .
Drew Bedo
www.quietlightphoto.com
http://www.artsyhome.com/author/drew-bedo
There are only three types of mounting flanges; too big, too small and wrong thread!
I think Giles Clement uses a 500mm 4.5 Goerz Dogmar for his 16X20" plates
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