Anyone know anything about the coverage of a Wollensak Lens 209mm Raptar f/4.5-3 2?? Seller claims it covers 16x20. Sounds like that might be 1:1.
Thanks for your response.
Anyone know anything about the coverage of a Wollensak Lens 209mm Raptar f/4.5-3 2?? Seller claims it covers 16x20. Sounds like that might be 1:1.
Thanks for your response.
If it is like the one I had, the only way you are going to cover 16x20 with that lens is if you melt it down and make a 12" protar out of it.
Mine barely got to the corners of 4x5. It was a tele design. Sharp lens in the center though.
Erik Ryberg
please contact me im trying to get hold of two of these:
Wollensak Raptar Copy Lens 209mm f/4.5
SPECS Coated, multi element, 43mm clear diameter copy lens 209mm focal length, f/4.5 with adjustable 20 leaf iris from f/4.5 to f/32. Assembly is 47.5mm long by 74.4mm diameter
Who are you buying from? The ones I've seen, at Anchor Optical (Edmund's outlet) have had mounting threads in front of the diaphragm, not at the rear. Recently $10 at Surplus Shack, they may still have some.
Presumably optimised for close-up, perhaps usable at distance too. You spend your money and you take your chances.
please can you give me a link for Surplus Shack ??? thanks... i need them for a project but need two of them they must have the iris thingys or does that automatically come with them ???
sorry i dont know anything about photography i wish to use them for something else...
www.surplusshed.com
They don't seem to have any more. The iris was part of the assembly. Good luck.
Quadrant,
What do you need them for? I've just bought one on Ebay, but haven't used it yet So I still don't know what it's good for
BTW, I bouhgt it from dagor77...
OH YEA, this dead dog will dog me forever and a day. I bought mine on Ebay and the seller claimed it will cover an 8x10. The only way it will cover an 8x10 is if it is reground in to a Nikon or Schneider or Fuji. The seller is an outright bull shit artist. I just tested the lens and it covered less than my 210mm as I should have known. One should insist one tests and (IMAGE CIRCLES).
We all make mistakes, this one was on the lower end of the spectrum, as is the seller.
Curt
Um, Curt, if you're going to gripe about sellers, name names. Otherwise all that we learn from your griping is that you're prone to suspending disbelief.
spares for my robot that i have built....Originally Posted by Ole Tjugen
Quadrant,
What do you need them for? I've just bought one on Ebay, but haven't used it yet So I still don't know what it's good for
BTW, I bouhgt it from dagor77...
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