[LargeFormat] Goerz Artars

[Ken Hough]

I can't resist answering this.
I had them from 9in to 28 inch. (9, 12, 14, 16, 19, 24, 26, 28). All in shutters. 
The 28 I think was a custom made one. I found some Kodak F10 
Anastigmats at an auction, eight of them, same FLs as the Artars in fact. 
Bought everyone for less than 300.00 total. I was going to resell them but I 
coated a couple of the shorter ones and used them. I found they were as 
good as the Artars. Sold the Artars and bought a 12x20 Deardorff with a 
36in Artar. And still had money to buy film! In short the Artar is a fine dual 
purpose lens and do not let anyone tell you it is not! 
Ken

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Does anyone on this list use a Goerz Red Dot Artar?
I'm particularly looking at 14" and 19" focal lengths.
I've been planning out an 8x10 outfit for shooting copy
work at my lab, and I'd like a setup that I'd be able to
use in the field in my spare time.  So far I've heard 
nothing but good things about them, yet I rarely hear
them mentioned on this list.  I'd be interested to hear
any personal experiences/thoughts/opinions.  

Thanks!

-Charlie



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