[LargeFormat] cult lenses

[Stuart Phillips]

Andrew Glover himself:

http://www.alternativephotography.com/andrew_glover.html

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Les Newcomer" <LNPhoto@twmi.rr.com>
To: <largeformat@f32.net>
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 12:12 PM
Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] cult lenses


> I'm beginning to think that the cult has less to do with the lenses and 
> more to do with Dagor77 aka Andrew Glover.
> 
> Dagor lenses are known for coverage and sharpness, they also have a 
> focus shift that some people refuse to belive.
> Dagors were made by the Goerz company, known for quality lenses 
> throughout their lifetime.
> 
> Wollensak made a number of soft focus lenses and within the mushiness 
> lies a lot of lore, and a lot of lies. They also made a lot of lenses 
> for Graflex under the Optar name and for themselves under the Rapax 
> name, but these were produced in great numbers and don't qualify for 
> cult status.
> 
> the current cult Wolley lens is the Pro Raptar.  A very good performer 
> and until recently under valued.  Hard to find and everyone wonders 
> what the heck is a Rapax shutter doing with a blue background  (all 
> previous were black)
> 
>   A lot of Dagor's lenses are lenses from the printing industry.  They 
> were expensive to make, had to be excruciatingly accurate in color 
> fedility, resolution, and contrast.  The only thing they didn't have to 
> be was fast, so these are typically long lenses 19inches plus and slow, 
> f10 or so.  They do work well on large format as long as you have a 
> bright and sunny location like Clive has. ;-).  Actually because they 
> are long lenses they aren't that difficult to focus in diminished light 
> as the light comes in nearly on axis.
> 
> Les
> 
> On Monday, June 2, 2003, at 11:41  AM, Dan Kalish wrote:
> 
> > What are Dagor, Cooke, Dallmeyer, Goerz, Dallmeyer, and Wollensak 
> > lenses and
> > why are they held in such reverence?  I was checking out Dagor77's 
> > auctions.
> > What a character!
> >
> > Dan Kalish
> > Flushing, New York, New York, USA
> >
> >
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