[LargeFormat] Rapax shutter CLA

[Lee Carmichael]

Clive,
	Put me squarely in the modern glass catagory.  For me the whole point is to
make the image a sharp as possible.  Anything less is a waste of time.  I
labored for years with junk lenses and my images suffered because of it.
You might say that Ansel and compatriots used the old glass, true.  But that
is all they had. They went to the newer glass as soon as it became
available.  I may be wrong about this but didn't Margaret Bourke-White
lement in some of her writings about the poor quality of the lenses?  We now
have the best there is, I say use them.

Lee Carmichael
mailto:click76112@home.com

-----Original Message-----
From: largeformat-admin@f32.net [mailto:largeformat-admin@f32.net]On
Behalf Of Clive Warren
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 7:29 PM
To: largeformat@f32.net
Subject: [LargeFormat] Rapax shutter CLA


Have been putting together a light weight field outfit based on a 4x5
Korona and a selection of older glass in shutters.  I was intending
to use the outfit over the New Year break but ended up with the 4x5
MPP and more modern glass.

The main lens intended for the wooden field outfit is a 4x5 Gundlach
f6.3, a lens which I have mentioned here before - there are a couple
of photos of the lens on the f32 Discussion Forum. The shutter is a
Wollensak Rapax and it needs a CLA.  The local tame repair chappy
does a great job on my shutters but he does like to to take his time
- ie months!

I have CLAd a few shutters but never a Rapax. This one is quite
compact and I'm wondering if this is one that would be best left to
the repair man. Has anyone been inside a Rapax and if so, any
pointers or should I leave it for the pros.?

There's something quite special about the look and feel of images
made from older glass. Multicoating and high contrast is all very
well but Spring is good for the more natural rendition offered by
older glass.

With all this chat about pinholes maybe no glass is the way forwards :-)

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All the best,

             Clive Warren   http://www.f32.net
                            Large Format travel and stock photography

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