[LargeFormat] New Cooke Convertible Series XVa Lens!

Sat Apr 24 10:40:10 2004

I'll step up the virtual plate=2E

My name is Eric Boutilier-Brown, and I live in Moncton, New Brunswick, on
the east coast of Canada=2E

I've worked with large format since 1991, working through three 4x5 camera=
s
(Busch Pressman, Wista, Wiser Traditional), and two 8x10 cameras (Burke an=
d
James and Toyo 810G) before settling on my current equipment=2E I shoot wi=
th
a Zone VI ultralight 8x10 with three lenses, a 150mm XL, a 300mm Fujinon,
and a 450mm Nikkor=2E My darkroom has an 8x10 enlarger with an Aristo
cold-head=2E I usually print my work to 14"x18", but have gone larger and
smaller=2E

My primary subject is the Nude, in landscape when it is warm enough, and
indoors other times=2E I also enjoy working with 19th century military
architecture, but haven't had much chance to work with that since 2000=2E =
My
work is viewable on my site Evolving Beauty (www=2Eevolvingbeauty=2Ecom) a=
nd in
a variety of books and magazines I've been published in=2E

e=2E

Eric Boutilier-Brown
Moncton, NB, Canada

www=2Eevolvingbeauty=2Ecom

Original Message:
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From: Clive Warren Clive=2EWarren@megacycle=2Eco=2Euk
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 15:06:24 +0100
To: largeformat@f32=2Enet
Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] New Cooke Convertible Series XVa Lens!

At 17:17 14/04/2004 -0400, barb@zgc=2Ecom wrote:
>Hi Huib,
>
>The lens is a modern version of the original Cooke Series XV Triple
>Convertible lens=2E  It shares the same focal lengths as the original whi=
ch
>was first made in the 1930s=2E  Ansel Adams used the lens in the 1940s
>(remember "Moonrise"?)  Cooke had several requests for a remake, so we
>obliged=2E  It is for 8x10 format, like its predecessor=2E  If you are in=
 the
>UK, Clive Warren will be the first workshop to have the lens to show
>around=2E  If you are in the US, the Large Format View Camera conference =
in
>Monterey, California is coming up end of April=2E  Gordon Hutchings will =
have
>a lens with him there as well=2E
>
>Cheers,
>
>Barbara Lorwy
>Cooke Optics Limited
>Leicester, England
>+1-973-335-4460 (in NJ, USA)
>barb@cookeoptics=2Ecom
>www=2Ecookeoptics=2Ecom

One of the new Cooke Convertible lenses has just arrived here in sunny=20
Bristol - thank you Barbara!

The full specs and a set of instructions were included=2E It looks even=20=

better than the photos on http://f32=2Enet/discus and I can't wait to try =
it=20
out=2E I have wooden 8x10 field cameras with wooden lens boards and will h=
ave=20
to knock up a Linhof board converter for the Copal #3 shutter=2E There sho=
uld=20
be a Toyo 8x10 arriving here in about a week and that will be used for mos=
t=20
of the demos at the workshop=2E

I picked up another Tenba 107 bag last week in preparation for carrying th=
e=20
Cooke lens=2E These bags are intended for 35mm camera use but they are ide=
al=20
for 8x10 lenses on large boards once you remove the dividers=2E The other =
bag=20
contains a 250mm WF Ektar, a wide angle Protar and a 14" Caltar as a good=20=

compromise lens set for 8x10=2E

The Cooke lens will add 19" (back cell)  and 25 1/2" (front cell) to the=20=

kit in addition to the combined 12 1/4" focal length=2E

Additional front and back cells will be available for the Cooke=20
Convertible  - giving the possibility of 10 3/4" f5=2E6 (back and back) an=
d=20
14 1/2" f8 (front and front)=2E

Cheers,
             Clive=20

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