B&L 5x8?

[E. von Hoegh]

Can anyone tell me anything about the attached Bausch & Lomb 5x8 Series Ic lens in Universal shutter? I see references on the web to 5x7 not 5x8. How's the coverage for a 5x7 camera? Thank you.

It won't work on 5x7. It's for 5x8 ONLY.

[domaz]

You know, I'm beginning to not trust this list either. I have a Protar V 5x7 3,22x,xxx that is a 1920s volute! What, in 1940 they put a lens in a 20 year old shutter? Oh well, hard to tell mfg dates on all these millions they made I guess.

People are putting new lenses into old shutters nowadays all the time. You don't know the history of a lens that old- someone could have bought it as a barrel lens and had it machined into an old shutter they had lying around. Same thing people do today.

PS- My 5x7 Speed Graphic came with this lens in a barrel. Obviously no need for a shutter on a Speed Graphic.

[cyrus]

It won't work on 5x7. It's for 5x8 ONLY.

That's what I thought! Now the camera format police are after me!

Seriously I was wondering what sort of movement it would have, and was "5x8" a reference to film format it would cover

[E. von Hoegh]

5x8 is an "obsolete" format, unless you have divider boards for your 8x10. It'll work fine on 5x7, just put some black tape over the "5x8". Probably a pretty nice lens.

[valdormar]

Just received this jewel in the post today. Any knowledge about this lens?
5x8 Bausch and Lomb ZEISS TESSAR Series 1c f/1.2

[Louis Pacilla]

I posted this on another thread in which you showed your new to you lens. It's scale reads in US scale & not F stops so US 1.2= f 4.5. All or all but the VERY longest FL Tessar Ic's have a maximum aperture in F 4.5. Great little lens BTW!

[valdormar]

It's scale reads in US scale & not F stops so US 1.2= f 4.5. Great little lens BTW!

Thanks Louis Pacilla for this information.