Tasope Ohotogravure Lens

[Randy H]

ANY value in one of these?
It came with a 10X12 TASOPE PHOTOGAVURE MACHINE, FROM cHICAGO sCHOOL OF....
nOT SO BIG A PIECE OF GLASS, BUT HEAVY AS HECK. iR APPEARS TO BE CONVERTIBLE, TO AN EXTENT. aPPROXIMATES ARE 12, 18, 24. wILL GO FROM VERY SMALL AP TO WIDE OPEN AT ABOUT 1 AND A HALF INCH. wfo. gOOD CLEAR RESOLUTION. wILL DEFINITE COVER THE 12 INCH PLUS LOTS OF WIGGLE.
jUST WONDERING IF ANYBODY HAS EVER USED ONE OF THESE, AND ARE THEY GOOD FOR ANYTHING BUT PAPERWEIGHT

[Toyon]

There was a recent thread about the Tasope. They are very high quality rectilinear lenses, probably some of the last ever produced. They should be very sharp in the center for landscapes, particularly on smaller formats, and excellent for portraiture wide open.