[LargeFormat] Rapax shutter CLA

[Les Newcomer]

At the point where most new lenses were getting a hard coating, and
recoating old lenses was all the rage, I remember reading about Ansel
commenting to Weston? that the lower contrast old lenses allowed him to
forgo preflashing the film that he had to do with the newer lenses.

Later on he may have changed his mind.

Les

Lee Carmichael wrote:
> 
> Clive,
>         Put me squarely in the modern glass catagory.  For me the whole point is to
> make the image a sharp as possible.  Anything less is a waste of time.  I
> labored for years with junk lenses and my images suffered because of it.
> You might say that Ansel and compatriots used the old glass, true.  But that
> is all they had. They went to the newer glass as soon as it became
> available.  I may be wrong about this but didn't Margaret Bourke-White
> lement in some of her writings about the poor quality of the lenses?  We now
> have the best there is, I say use them.
> 
> Lee Carmichael
> mailto:click76112@home.com
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: largeformat-admin@f32.net [mailto:largeformat-admin@f32.net]On
> Behalf Of Clive Warren
> Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 7:29 PM
> To: largeformat@f32.net
> Subject: [LargeFormat] Rapax shutter CLA
> 
> Have been putting together a light weight field outfit based on a 4x5
> Korona and a selection of older glass in shutters.  I was intending
> to use the outfit over the New Year break but ended up with the 4x5
> MPP and more modern glass.
> 
> The main lens intended for the wooden field outfit is a 4x5 Gundlach
> f6.3, a lens which I have mentioned here before - there are a couple
> of photos of the lens on the f32 Discussion Forum. The shutter is a
> Wollensak Rapax and it needs a CLA.  The local tame repair chappy
> does a great job on my shutters but he does like to to take his time
> - ie months!
> 
> I have CLAd a few shutters but never a Rapax. This one is quite
> compact and I'm wondering if this is one that would be best left to
> the repair man. Has anyone been inside a Rapax and if so, any
> pointers or should I leave it for the pros.?
> 
> There's something quite special about the look and feel of images
> made from older glass. Multicoating and high contrast is all very
> well but Spring is good for the more natural rendition offered by
> older glass.
> 
> With all this chat about pinholes maybe no glass is the way forwards :-)
> 
> --
> All the best,
> 
>              Clive Warren   http://www.f32.net
>                             Large Format travel and stock photography
> 
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