The ones you can't afford.... :-(
Happy new year, folks!!!
Steve K
The ones you can't afford.... :-(
Happy new year, folks!!!
Steve K
Yes this is exactly what I was after.
Also Kent in SD as well as MAubrey were hitting on.
I'm DEFINITELY not trying to collect a bunch of different focal lengths.
Your answers are interesting in that many of you approached this from a different angle. Of course my question was kind of open ended and ambiguous.
Thanks all.
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Shopping for LF lenses are a little like being on a journey. A lens collection is similar to those stickers which those hotels that you stopped at on your way used to place on steamer trunks.
Enjoy the ride!
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"Fancy lenses" conjures up in my mind memories of lenses that I have come across but in the end couldn't afford to acquire them:
Set of "mint" 150mm, 210mm, and 300mm Voigtlander-TECHNIKA-Apo Lanthars in shutters. Seller wouldn't split up the set.
14" Goerz Blue Dot Trigor mounted in a Copal shutter. My bid was high, but was outbid seconds before the auction ended.
800mm Zeiss Apo Planar from Lens & Repro. Stu? sold the lens days before I called him. Was advertised in VIEWCAMERA magazine. Ad in VIEWCAMERA listed no price just "CALL".
200mm (or there about) Hypergon with the front spinner fan. Someone else offered a whole lot more than I did for that optic.
Fancy lens that I did acquire:One high speed prototype Zeiss optic I did acquire in the early 1990s for pennies. Donated it to the Zeiss Historical Society.
Fancy lens that I have always wanted:On page 127 of my 1962 B&J catalog (attached image). Can make out that it is a COOKE TELEPHOTO. Doesn't seem to have a focusing mechanism. Saw it 20 years later when I used a Hass on a regular basis.
A more common expression easier to hang your hat on would be a "cult lens". This would imply a lens of yore with a high reputation, that somebody is now trying to sell for a ludicrously high price, even though it probably isn't as good as many later lenses so abundant that they sell for dramatically less on the used market. I do own and use some of these now-cult LF lenses; but I bought them at sane prices.
Gold Rim Dagors look and cost fancy.
Garrett
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Agree with the 14" Blue Dot Trigor - had one of these for awhile...latest edition Kern version in #3 Copal - amazing! Tested by taping strips of 35mm Agfapan 25 to center and edges of 11x14 holder - negs appeared very similar to those of my Mandler edition (late 1970's) version 2 50mm Leica Summicron-M. Could not believe this! Flat field, great coverage...versatile enough for all formats through 11x14. Why...oh why - did I ever part with that lens?
Don't forget those wonderous Oscillo-Raptars & Oscillo-Paragons!
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