[LargeFormat] Eskofot Ultragon

[Jim Hemenway]

Clive:

I just now pulled mine out of the "tiny" 8x10 case.  It's marked 
Eskofot-Ultragon, f9 210mm with a marked iris, f9 to f64.

I again screwed a tapered cable release into the Alphax and yup, it 
works.  The cable release also has a larger diameter external straight 
thread for some sort of screw on, rather than screw in, cable release.

This is for my Kodak Master camera with the lensboards that are made in 
a similar fashion as are automobile license plates.  Steve Grimes 
mounted a flange on the lensboard into which he screwed the shutter. 
Then he fabricated a ring which is threaded inside and out.  The ring 
screws into the front of the Alphax and then the lens screws into the ring.

It's big... the front of the lens stands approximately 2 1/2 inches 
proud of the lensboard.

I glued the 150 into a piece of black plastic to use with my baby speed 
Graphic with the focal plane shutter.  Haven't used it yet as I'm still 
too busy with the 11x14.

Thanks for the compliment about the photo which looks soooo much better 
on the light table. I'm a little embarrassed to show my old scan of it 
on the web.

Jim

Clive Warren wrote:

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> 
> 
> I also have the 150mm and 210mm Ultragons but haven't got around to 
> using them yet. I was hoping to work out how to take the front and rear 
> cells out of the barrels to use them in shutters but it is not clear to 
> me how they come apart from a brief inspection. The front of the lenses 
> are covered by a plastic aperture ring - this has a single screw holding 
> it so I guess I should just unscrew it and investigate further..... The 
> rear cell has no obvious means of removing it.
> 
> Jim - is your 210 in a shutter? Great photo.
> 
> Cheers,
>             Clive