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VNEX Wollensak 135 4.5 Enlarger Raptar
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 12, 2014 6:22 pm    Post subject: VNEX Wollensak 135 4.5 Enlarger Raptar Reply with quote
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 12, 2014 6:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
not bad at all... with some PS tweak you get quite decent IQ :





PostPosted: Wed Feb 12, 2014 6:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 12, 2014 7:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
by the way...maybe a silly question, but where can I buy me the VNEX ? can you point me please?


PostPosted: Wed Feb 12, 2014 7:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Raptars never really impressed me, but this one seriously lacks contrast. But I like the German Mercedes of course, although I prefer to diver "beamers" Wink


PostPosted: Wed Feb 12, 2014 7:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Igor wrote:
by the way...maybe a silly question, but where can I buy me the VNEX ? can you point me please?


Contact him, "hinnerker" the inventor and sells the: http://forum.mflenses.com/profile,mode,viewprofile,u,1806.html


PostPosted: Wed Feb 12, 2014 7:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
The "glow" apparently is characteristic of Wollensak Tessar-type lenses.
Particularly wide open.
The enlarger lenses just seem to be the usual taking lenses in a different mounting.
Which is a reason many pro's back in the day considered them low quality.

On the other hand, Wollensaks were almost universally used in the US as pro photographers lenses, as they were standard on Speed Graphics and Graflex cameras, and others as well. Kodak was the other major supplier but until the 1960's never had as much of the market as Wollensak.

I guess the glow was just an aesthetic convention of the time, what many people thought was artistic or flattering for B&W photography.


PostPosted: Wed Feb 12, 2014 8:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I would replace WOLLENSAK's by RAPTAR's, Luis, as Wollensak made some outstanding lenses (I have some) Wink


PostPosted: Wed Feb 12, 2014 8:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
You have some of everything ! Or rather, a lot of everything.

Still, I myself have a pile of Wollensaks. Some good, some not so good, many have a "glow".

Yes Raptar was Wollensaks lens trademark for many lenses, rather inconsistently, both for enlarging and taking lenses.
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