360mm 4.5 Meyer Trioplan

[gypsydog]

I am considering a 360mm 4.5 Trioplan, I would appreciate it If someone could tell me the approximate weight of the aluminum barrel version?
Feel free to pipe in if you have anything else to add about the lens.
Thanks!

[mhayashi]

I think you are talking about the post war Meyer trioplan.
According to the article table written by Arne Cröll,
Large format lenses from the Eastern Bloc 1945-1991
https://www.arnecroell.com/eastern-block-new.pdf
360mm f4.5 aluminum model weighs 1158g on p8 table.

Well respected pre-war portrait trioplans are very different lenses from what I hear. No experience yet.

[Chauncey Walden]

Sorry, wrong length.

[gypsydog]

Thank you mhayashi for the weight and pdf link, very helpful. I am aware of the difference between the Portrait Trioplan with the moving center element and the normal lens.
I was under the impression that the regular 4.5 prewar and post war lenses were the same except for the lighter aluminum barrel, am I mistaken?
Thank you again.

[Mark Sawyer]

Just wondering, does anyone know how closely related the Trioplans are to the original Cooke triplets?

[mhayashi]

No side by side comparison of the lenses and images, so I can’t say anything but pre war and post war Meyers are said very different animals.

[gypsydog]

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