Hello all,
I recently purchased a Schnieder 180mm f/5.6 Componon (which I assume is a 5x7 enlarging lens) that I'd like to experiment with for wet plate work in the studio as a portrait lens.
I'd rather naively assumed it'd be a standard L39 thread mount like the 35mm and 120 enlarging lenses I'd seen before, but naturally the 5x7 lens is quite a bit larger!
Didn't have any luck getting my question answered by Google so thought someone here might know: what size are the threads and what's the most economical way I could mount it? I was thinking using a UV filter of the same size and epoxying it to a lens board with JB Weld, although I'm not sure how well it'd hold up to the weight of the lens.
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