[LargeFormat] 490 degrees of doubt

[Dave Southwood]

dear clive

its a linhof 5 by 7. im not sure what model it is, but it has the beige
leatherette.
thanks for the info

dave southwood

----- Original Message -----
From: Clive Warren <Clive.Warren@megacycle.co.uk>
To: <largeformat@f32.net>; <largeformat@f32.net>
Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 2:11 PM
Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] 490 degrees of doubt


> At 21:35 11/09/01 +0200, Dave Southwood wrote:
> please assist me in the conclusion of a 490mm conundrum..........
>
> i own a linhof carl zeiss sonnar 250mm F5.6 whose shutter works and as far
> as i can make out produces a very sharp image. its in top condition. the
> problem is its very big and i walk around with huge amounts of equipment
> already.
>
> i have been offered a rodenstock 240mm F5.6 sironar copal no. 3 for a
song.
>
> do i sell the beast to a collector and buy the more modern lens. what are
> the attributes of the rodenstock? coverage, shutter quality etc?
>
> i use a technika 4 by 5 mark IV and have another which i need to jettison
> as well as a 5 by 7 which i need to sell. can anyone suggest a suitable
forum?
>
> will the rodenstock be accomodated by the a technika lensboard, it has a
> large girth?
>
> i also want to do some maintainance on my hasselbald 500 C body. pointers
> to a good user group please?
>
> many thanks
>
> Hello Dave,
>
> Are you sure that the Sironar 240mm is that much smaller than the Zeisss
> Sonnar?  The copal 3 is a large shutter.
>
> The Copal shutters are generally excellent - although some would claim
that
> they are not as well made as the modern Compur or Prontor shutters.
>
> The Copal 3 would probably be a tight fit on the Technika lens board - the
> details of the Copal shutter dimensions are available from the Schneider
> site and probably elsewhere - take a look in the Links section of the
> f32.net site at http://www.f32.net/links.html
>
> The image circle of the 240mm Sironar is 298mm and the latest 240mm
Sironar
> N has an image circle of 350mm.
>
> There are few places to consider selling your unwanted gear - EBay is one
> and you may also want to consider placing free small ads at, for
> example,  http://www.cocam.co.uk/cgi-local/classifieds/classifieds.cgi
>
> What is the 5x7 camera that you have for sale?
>
> Cheers,
>              Clive
>
>
>
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