A Question for Lens Designers

[Oren Grad]

However you've still got the fixed cost of a shutter, presumeably Copal ?

Copal shutters for LF lenses are long out of production.

[David Lindquist]

This may or may not still be the case but in recent years there have been periodic limited production runs of certain Rodenstock (->Linos->Qioptiq->Excelitas) analog LF models. It was/is called the “Edition” series. I guess they had/have a stash of shutters? Anyway… they are enormously expensive: https://www.linhofstudio.com/product...ens-Rodenstock

The "Edition" series consisted of five focal lengths, 150, 210, 240, 300, and 360 mm. It is my understanding that Rodenstock made up 25 of each focal length for this offering. Linhof & Studio show the 150 mm as "sold out" with the remaining four focal lengths still available (and the 210 mm is listed as "In stock"). Badger Graphic and Christoph Greiner only show the 240, 300, and 360 mm lenses on their respective websites.

Linhof's current lens price list is dated March 1, 2023. For analog lenses it shows the "Edition" series in focal lengths 210-360 mm.

David

[Mark J]

Copal shutters for LF lenses are long out of production.

I did wonder, that's a damn shame and kills off any prospect of a proper new production job as far as I can see.