[LargeFormat] New Cooke Convertible Series XVa Lens!

[Lee Carmichael]

I can say that Eric is a very accomplished photographer and has a very
eloquent eye for the female form.

lee\c

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From: largeformat-admin@f32.net [mailto:largeformat-admin@f32.net]On
Behalf Of ericbb@evolvingbeauty.com
Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2004 9:39 AM
To: largeformat@f32.net
Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] New Cooke Convertible Series XVa Lens!


I'll step up the virtual plate.

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

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

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

e.

Eric Boutilier-Brown
Moncton, NB, Canada

www.evolvingbeauty.com

Original Message:
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From: Clive Warren Clive.Warren@megacycle.co.uk
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 15:06:24 +0100
To: largeformat@f32.net
Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] New Cooke Convertible Series XVa Lens!


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


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

The full specs and a set of instructions were included. It looks even
better than the photos on http://f32.net/discus and I can't wait to try it
out. I have wooden 8x10 field cameras with wooden lens boards and will have
to knock up a Linhof board converter for the Copal #3 shutter. There should
be a Toyo 8x10 arriving here in about a week and that will be used for most
of the demos at the workshop.

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

The Cooke lens will add 19" (back cell)  and 25 1/2" (front cell) to the
kit in addition to the combined 12 1/4" focal length.

Additional front and back cells will be available for the Cooke
Convertible  - giving the possibility of 10 3/4" f5.6 (back and back) and
14 1/2" f8 (front and front).

Cheers,
             Clive



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