Dagora Digna Correlar 80/2.9

[kansalliskala]

Found it locally for 2€. Works and clean-ish.

What should I expect from it?
Is it triplet or tessar?
Do I use my last Ilford b&w 120 roll (which costs about 6€ now)

[Minolfan]

Triplet fo what I could find: http://photo.net/medium-format-photography-forum/004N5m
Can be a nice lens though. Succes!

[kansalliskala]

[uddhava]

Good luck with it! Pretty fast lens for that camera.

[luisalegria]

That would be a very "Trioplan" like lens I think.
Good luck.

[kansalliskalaCafe]

[luisalegria]

It seems an extremely simple camera.
The main questions are -

- Fog on inner elements. There very often is, on front cell focus triplets, on one or both sides of the second element.
- Whether the shutter works. Try it. Its a simple Gauthier Pronto (speed to 200) so it should be easy to fix even if stuck. Naptha/lighter fluid should do very well.
- Whether the aperture works - just try and see, thats an easy one.
- Whether the front-cell focus (looks like front cell type) is accurate at infinity. The best way to test is groundglass at film plane. Note - if you have to unstick the shutter or clean fogging you will have to reset infinity anyway.

And you won't find the dreaded light leaks until you actually shoot a roll.

[buerokratiehasser]

Is this original? I seem to recall the Dacora 1 had a turn- or pull-out entirely from metal. No light leaks in no folding fabric...

It almost looks to me like someone took lens and timer from a folder and molded it to a humble dacora. But both my folder and Dacora 1 are under 23 pounds of junk currently..

[kansalliskala]