I sold him the lens and answered via email. 5 lbs is a peice of cake for the disc position of a L184. No problem whatsoever. It's an EL Nikkor 360/5.6, a very nice lens but big. That large max aperture was really nice for printing big Cibachromes to alleviate long exposures of big prints; but I used it for big chromogenic prints too, where the larger aperture makes focus and composition easier with orange-masked color neg films.
That is heavy (actually 2700g per the brochure below). The Schenider Componon 360/5.6 I have is listed at only 1310 grams.
Don't think they ever made a APO-EL Nikkor in 360, but the APO-EL Nikkor 480/5.6 dwarfs that at 7210 grams!
glad to hear, thank you DrewOriginally Posted by Drew Wiley
it makes the Rodagon 360 look skinny
Recent picture:
I ordered new negative carrier glass. Will post more specifics when it arrives.
Last edited by ic-racer; 10-Feb-2023 at 18:24.
My negative carrier glass is on the way from Knight Optical!
I currently have three plain pieces and a single AN piece spread across two negative holders (one for the Laraneg and one for the Negatiel). The two carriers look almost identical but they are slightly different. The glass in them is, however, interchangeable.
I ordered two AN pieces and two plain pieces as replacements and/or spares. I was going to do this about 5 years ago and found out all the places I was going to get the glass had gone out of business. So, when I contacted Knight Optical, and they said they could custom cut the glass, I went ahead and ordered it.
The original is 3mm x 268 x 268.
The nominal 3mm glass they have is actually 3.3mm. This could be an issue but I did some measurements with stacks of negatives in the carrier and I believe it should still close all the way. We will see.
The original glass only has a bevel on one side but they beveled both sides for safety handling and to prevent chipping.
this is odd, if I recall correct both my Reglas 205 AN and normal glasses are beveled on four sides.
how was their price?
All Durst glass was relieved (slightly beveled) on all four sides, front and back. Even an ordinary glass shop would do that for any kind of glass unintended to be handled, like a tabletop, for example. Omega enlarger glass had a strong bevel one one side, both ends, to fit their carriers, but a minor amount of relief all edges too, for sake of safe handling.
It interesting to see that Knight offers 3mm thick, which might be nice for larger sizes, but could be just too thick in a paired sandwich in certain custom setups; that's a quarter-inch of cumulative thickness for just the glass sandwich! And you'd have a problem with that thickness in the 5X& Durst Nega 130 carriers.
KHB in Canada sells AN glass and will custom cut it too:
http://www.khbphotografix.com/ServiceParts2.html
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