Some Soft Focus Lens Sales Information

[Mark Sawyer]

I was under the impression that these were not soft focus lenses. I guess with B&J badged lenses you never really know what you are getting. In any case these usually sell for $200 or less (I watch for them - I've been looking for one of their f8 rembrandt super portrait lenses).

I have a 12-inch f/4.5 Rembrandt Portrait that's just a single-coated Tessar. It's a nice Tessar, but just a Tessar. It's the slower "Super Rembrandt" that might qualify as a soft focus lens. I've been watching for a long time, and never seen one...

I have one and it would seem to be a Petzval. Definitely not a soft focus lens.

Russ

Here's what you may have, Russ. What's the aperture on yours?

[dap]

I have a 12-inch f/4.5 Rembrandt Portrait that's just a single-coated Tessar. It's a nice Tessar, but just a Tessar. It's the slower "Super Rembrandt" that's the soft focus lens. I've been watching for a long time, and never seen one.

I've come across two of them. One was a 10" that had a wide open aperture of f3.5 ( even though it said f8 on the info ring on the front of lens). The other was a 14" in an alphax shutter that had a wide open aperture of f5.6. Both were labeled as "super" rembrandts...neither matched the maximum aperture in that B&J Super Rembrandt add. My guess is that they slapped the rembrandt label on any rebarrelled surplus lens that was reasonably fast.

[Emil Schildt]

$1,435.68

HERMAGIS Est. 14.5 inch f5 Eidoscope No.2

Item number:360652215637

[zoneVIII]

I got Hermagis Eidoscope no#3, with aperture 5 6 7 10 14 20
does anybody know what number of aperture is this?

[Amedeus]

A Wollensak 12" Velostigmat Series II Variable Softness Lens f/4.5 Studio Shutter for $202 (400482034808)

[taulen]

I bid 200$ hoping for a lucky shot, instead it was the next guy who were lucky ! Nice price :P

[Steven Tribe]

NEVER, NEVER bid a round total. Always something like XXX9.99!

[dap]

I bid 200$ hoping for a lucky shot, instead it was the next guy who were lucky ! Nice price :P

Don't feel too bad. For all you know his max bid was double the final price.

[Amedeus]

Nice looking Hermagis Eidoscope #2, f/4.5 for $2,222 (BOBIN, 161014022178)

Early Taylor-Hobson Cooke Portrait Anastigmat 15 Inch Series II f/4.5 Brass Lens for $2,200 (BOBIN, 271201599479)

[eddie]

Early Taylor-Hobson Cooke Portrait Anastigmat 15 Inch Series II f/4.5 Brass Lens for $2,200 (BOBIN, 271201599479)

Holy crap! Look at all that sh1t on the rear group! I need to raise my prices! (Jef u hear me? . )