[LargeFormat] 250mm Wide Field Ektar

[Les Newcomer]

Now youjust have to research what studio withing ekc it was used so you can
find which photos were taken with it and have it all done for a report May
17.


I love mine.

Oh and so does a guy named Joel Meyeorwitz.  Did a book a few years back
about lighting in his cape or capers in his light, anyway he did it all with
a doodledorff and a 10wf.  I suspect he's using the same lens at ground zero
or the former site of the World Trade Center.\

Les



> From: Clive Warren <cocam@blueyonder.co.uk>
> Reply-To: largeformat@f32.net
> Date: Sun, 5 May 2002 21:35:56 +0100
> To: largeformat@f32.net
> Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] 250mm Wide Field Ektar
> 
> At 3:34 pm -0700 4/5/02, Charles Thorsten wrote:
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Clive Warren"
>>> I am now the proud and very happy custodian of a 250mm Wide Field
>>> Ektar lens in Ilex #5 shutter.
>>> 
> snip
>> Although I've never personally used the lens, I know it was
>> one of Ansel Adams' favorites.  He refers to it in many writings
>> including Examples: The Making of 40 Photographs.  Of course,
>> he refers to it as a 10-inch Wide Field Ektar, but it's the same
>> lens.  Much of his best work during the '30s and '40s was done
>> with this lens and a Cooke triple convertible set.  Perhaps
>> someone on this list has personal experience with it?
>> 
>> -Charlie
> 
> Some more information from the chap who sold me the lens that really
> made my day!
> 
> This lens originally belonged to the Photographic Illustration
> Division of Eastman Kodak Company in Rochester, NY. In the early
> 1980s, most 8x10 equipment was retired. Some items were sold to
> employees and he happened to buy this particular lens which he hardly
> ever used as his interests began shifting away from large format
> photography. He also said "I guess Kodak and I were the only owners
> of this lens and as I was a Kodak employee anyway, the lens never
> left Kodak hands before you got it."
> 
> So in 2002 I bought a 250mm Wide Field Ektar from Kodak. I wonder if
> it was cherry picked..... :-)
> 
> Huge grins,
> Clive
> 
> 
> 
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