I've got two 162mm Wollensak series II Velostigmats on my kitchen table both in identical Alphax shutters. One is labeled a "focus velostigmat" and the other simply "velostigmat" but they are different in that the OD of the front element on the plain "velostigmat" is considerably larger than the "focus velostigmat" also the "velostigmat" has the wollcoat mark while the "focus velostigmat" is uncoated and dosen't bear the wollcoat brand. Both start the party at f/4.5.
Aside from the coating, whats the difference between the two lenses? I know some velostigmats were considered soft portrait lenses and had dials to dial in the amount of softness but niether of these lenses have anything like that. I've got yet another very well mannered velostigmat series II f/4.5 in a rapax hiding out somewhere around here I'd like to find and compare but I'm afraid of what I might find (another mystery!)
Any Wollensak Experts know what the difference is between a Focus Velostigmat series II and a Velostigmat series II? What have I got here?
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