[LargeFormat] Aero-ektar question

[Rich Lahrson]

Hi Joseph!

     That long ago, and even today aerial cameras use spools of 5" and I
believe
9 1/2" film.  It should cover 4x5 easy.  It's got to be critically corrected
for
infinity I bet.

Cheers,

Rich Lahrson
Berkeley, California
tripspud@transbay.net

Joseph O'Neil wrote:

> Hi All;
> I picked up one of those classic 178mm, F2.5 Aero-ektars, complete with red
> fitler, in good shape.  No shutter, but Iris, and eveyrthign works
> otherwise.  Serial number EM3025 -so that is 1943 if iam correct?
>         Anyhow, i only shot B&W, and I have a spare lens board for my 4x5
> mono-rail.  I am 99.9% certian this lens will cover 6x6, having read
> serveral reports on the web of people using this lens for that format,  and
> I am pretty sure about 4x5 as th elens itself says "5x5", but before I do
> drill alensboard, does anyone know for sure?
>         I did a search on  the net, found many references to this lens, but
> nothing to state how much coverage it exactly had.
>
>         Did read lots of neat stuff about "radioactive" glass, but those
> radio-active lenses are supposed to have a brownish cast in teh read lens,
> and settign thelens ona  light box, I see no cast.  That, and my Civil
> Defense geiger counter I obught off ebay (don't ask - impulse buy) fails to
> show any readings, but then, that geiger counter was problaly made for when
> they dropped big nukes, not small time radiaiton.  :)
>
> thanks much
> joe
>
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