Some Soft Focus Lens Sales Information

[Jim Galli]

I've not looked it up recently, but do you recall if the Sigmar is a triplet? I'm wondering if it's the same as a F3.5 Varium I have. I happen to have it on a Century camera from this weekend, was about to shoot it. It seems pretty soft, wide open.

Yes, identical. Ford and Chevy.

[Steven Tribe]

This may ruffle a few feathers! So perhaps a technical discussion is best in a separate thread?


Reinhold Schable: 500mm Plain meniscus F8 - complete with flange etc., unused $80. Sold in FS here.
Reinhold Schable: 285mm Plain meniscus F4.9 - complete with flange etc., unused $65. Sold here in FS.

Logic?:

A simple meniscus lens with lots of chromatic abberation. Sounds like the Plasticca to me.
And I have seen recent images posted.

[Jim Galli]

This may ruffle a few feathers! So perhaps a technical discussion is best in a separate thread?


Reinhold Schable: 500mm Plain meniscus F8 - complete with flange etc., unused $80. Sold in FS here.
Reinhold Schable: 285mm Plain meniscus F4.9 - complete with flange etc., unused $65. Sold here in FS.

Logic?:

A simple meniscus lens with lots of chromatic abberation. Sounds like the Plasticca to me.
And I have seen recent images posted.

If you're going to include his, you'd better include my little creations in the Copal 0 shutter also. But I don't think that's the intent of the thread.

[Steven Tribe]

[QUOTE]But I don't think that's the intent of the thread. [QUOTE]

No it was implicitly for "historical" soft lens designs - closely linked to Dan's summaries.
But I have difficulty in totally excluding other designs with controlled aberration, like your fast achromats and Reinhold' plain meniscus designs - which are both echos of a number of vintage products.

[8x10 user]

Speaking of newer soft focus creations.... Does anyone know where I could borrow a P&S series III from?

I found an optical engineer who is interested in recreating them!

[Jim Galli]

Perhaps start another thread. No one should have any interest in the sales prices of these type lenses though. The whole idea is to get folks shooting in a soft focus genre without having to spend crazy money.

[QUOTE=Steven Tribe;1114598][QUOTE]But I don't think that's the intent of the thread.

No it was implicitly for "historical" soft lens designs - closely linked to Dan's summaries.
But I have difficulty in totally excluding other designs with controlled aberration, like your fast achromats and Reinhold' plain meniscus designs - which are both echos of a number of vintage products.

[Jim Graves]

I bought the two Schable lenses referenced ... one for my WP and 8x10 and one for a shared 11x14.

Not sure what your question is Steven ... but I assume it is whether those sales belong in this thread. And, I don't see why not.

I have Petzvals, Veritos, some home-made double convex lenses, a Lancaster Landscape lens and these two now ... and I would consider them all as "soft focus" lenses. But, I also think this thread was mainly started to keep track of cost trends on the more exotic older lenses ... . I don't think it's a big issue.

[Amedeus]

There are quite a few soft focus lenses we don't keep track off ... Fuji SF and Imagon i.e.

But, I also think this thread was mainly started to keep track of cost trends on the more exotic older lenses ... . I don't think it's a big issue.

[Amedeus]

Wollensak Verito 7" in Studio Shutter for $400 (BIN, 400670786415)

Cooke Portrait 13", f/5.6 Series VI, knuckler for #2,501 (321329206842)

Wollensak Veritar, 14", f/6 on lensboard for $565 (161228475624)

[lucaas]

Nice looking Cooke Portrait Series IIb 15"/f4.5 with knuckles for $2500, 121284724650