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My collection of lenses for Century Graphic 23
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 02, 2014 5:38 pm    Post subject: My collection of lenses for Century Graphic 23 Reply with quote



Top row L-R:
Rollei HFT Distagon PQ f4/50mm in Copal Press #0
Schneider Angulon f6.8/65mm in Compur #00
Kodak Anastigmat 4.5/7.5cm in Compur #00
Schneider Componon 5.6/80mm in Compur Rapid #00
Mamiya-Sekor f2.8/80mm in Copal Press #0
Wray HR Lustrar f5.6/3.25" (82mm) in Compur #0

Middle row L-R:
Schneider Xenar f3.5/105mm in Compur #0
Schneider Componon-S f5.6/100mm in Prontor-S
Meyer Trioplan 4.5/105mm in Vario
Pullin Pulnar f2.8/100mm in Compur #1
Kodak Enlarging Ektar f4.5/100mm front mounted on Prontor Press #1

Bottom row L-R:
Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 4.5/135mm in Compur #1
Hofmeister Syrconar Doppel-Anastigmat 6.8/135mm in Vario
KOMZ Jupiter-11 f4/135mm in Alphax #2
Schneider Symmar f5.6/150mm in Compur #1


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PostPosted: Mon Mar 03, 2014 1:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Impressive collection!


PostPosted: Mon Mar 03, 2014 9:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cheers. It took quite a lot of effort to amass them as some didn't come in shutters and some of those needed extensive work to be able to befitted into a shutter. Lenses are easy to find, shutters are not so I have several more lenses awaiting shutters.

Here's some individual photos of some of the lenses:



The Distagon 4/50mm required a fair bit of machine work to be fitted into a shutter.



The J-11 4/135mm required extensive machine work to fit a shutter.



The Wray Lustrar 5.6/82mm required machine work too.



The Pullin London Pulnar 2.8/100, but in a different shutter to the one I use it with now.


PostPosted: Mon Mar 17, 2014 2:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Some more lenses acquired/adapted this week:

Mamiya 3.8/90 C (cells from RB67 lens modified to fit #1 shutter):






Steiner Bayreuth Praxanar 2.9/75 (coated triplet removed from Braun Paxina 6x6 camera):





A pair of 1950s Schneider Radionar 4.5/105s, silver one from an Adox 6x9 folder, black one from a Balda 6x9 folder. Not tried these yet, will keep the best one to use and recycle the shutter from the other: