[LargeFormat] Old Glass

[Ole Tjugen]

Yet another "old glass user" here - I believe my newest lens is from 1962. It sits well on a camera from 1960, and the user neatly splits the 
difference being a 1961-model;).

Unfortunately I did the mistake of selling my APO-Lanthar 210/f4,5. However, it is now replaced by a smaller sibling, the 150/f4,5. A 
beautiful little thing. Since it has been raining ever since I got home from the North Sea (where I finance my toys), I haven't got around to 
trying it yet. Will do so as soon as it's safe to take a LF outdoors.

On an utterly different subject, I have used this rainy day to start developing the B&W film from the Tintern workshop. So far, it looks 
promising... I got back the 5x7 slides yesterday. Yet another batch ruined in developing - I have lost all faith in Norwegian so-called 
"professional laboratories". Anyone know a good way to develop E6 in a kitchen? 


Ole Tjugen


13.06.02 15:06:40, Clive Warren <Clive.Warren@megacycle.co.uk> wrote:

>At 19:09 11/06/02 -0400, FlaFaces1@aol.com wrote:
>Clive, I have the old Graphic 2, and the non-super schnieder lenses.  I was
>beginning to get a complex, thinking my stuff was garbage.   Yes, my shots so
>far, are not perfect, but I like what I see.  I was beginning to believe i
>had inferior lenses to do 4x5.  Thank you for your encouragement on using the
>lenses that came with it, in the 1940's ..  I will soon, have my 8 images to
>put on my site in the room...  Don Mason
>
>Don,
>
>Old glass can rival or even beat new glass - it's also cheaper and usually 
>lighter.  No coatings or single coatings is not usually a problem with the 
>older lens designs, although contrast can suffer depending on the design of 
>the lens.
>
>One of the real sleeper older lens is the Schneider Xenar 150mm - very 
>sharp little lens although not a lot of coverage. I have one of these in a 
>Linhof Compur Shutter and it seems to perform well. The favorite lens in my 
>4x5 kit is a 1947 Kodak 203mm Ektar - loads of coverage on 4x5 and does a 
>wonderful job with colour. Check out the f32 Discussion Forum at 
>http://www,f32.net/discus/ for an example of its performance and 
>enlargement from a trannie.
>
>Recently picked up an 8x10  lens made in 1903 for a camera made in 1902 
>which will be used as a lightweight field outfit. If people express 
>surprise at the age of your kit, laugh in their faces, sweep the focusing 
>cloth around you like a cape and say "nobody expects the antiques roadshow..."
>
>With the money you save on buying new lenses, keep yourself in film and 
>processing for the rest of the year.
>
>Cheers,
>            Clive
>
>
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