[LargeFormat] cult lenses

[Stuart Phillips]

I bought a lens from him - $25 for an attractive paperweight. However, I'm
going to give it a try this afternoon despite the separation :)

As for English lenses, Aldis brothers were making a variety of lenses in on
Sarehole St, Sparkhill, Birmingham (if anyone knows the area) in the late
1930s - early 1940s, according to Kingslake in his chapter in Henney and
Dudley's "Handbook of Photography". These lenses included aero,
photomicrography, portrait and wide-angle lenses. Cooke Optics are more well
known, of course, http://www.cookeoptics.com/

http://www.virtualbrum.co.uk/history/hallgreen.htm
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ole Tjugen" <oftjugen@online.no>
To: <largeformat@f32.net>
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 1:23 PM
Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] cult lenses


> One of the attractions of these lenses seem to be that they were produces
in English-speaking countries (apologies to the English). The
> Goerz lenses were originally Greman, but the "cult" seems to be all
US-produced. Same for Dallmeyer, and I think Wollensaek as well.
>
> In one of the forums someone told me not to wory about overpriced German
lenses and buy inexpensive American instead. I checked the
> prices of his suggestions, and bouhgt myself an APO-Lanthar (another
"cult" lens, but German) at half the price. I have bought a lens from
> Dagor77, but that was a Xenar - glass only. Very reasonable price, since
it wasn't a Goerz...
>
> Ole Tj
>
>
> 02.06.03 17:41:59, "Dan Kalish" <kaliushkin@att.net> 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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