[LargeFormat] Aero-ektar question

[Les Newcomer]

I use mine on a speed Graphic all the time.  I get about 100 feet on one 
press 40 wide open.

Les


On Saturday, October 19, 2002, at 10:19 AM, Joseph O'Neil wrote:

> Hi All;	
> I picked up one of those classic 178mm, F2.5 Aero-ektars, complete with 
> red fitler, in good shape.  No shutter, but Iris, and eveyrthign works 
> otherwise.  Serial number EM3025 -so that is 1943 if iam correct?
> 	Anyhow, i only shot B&W, and I have a spare lens board for my 4x5 
> mono-rail.  I am 99.9% certian this lens will cover 6x6, having read 
> serveral reports on the web of people using this lens for that format,  
> and I am pretty sure about 4x5 as th elens itself says "5x5", but before 
> I do drill alensboard, does anyone know for sure?
> 	I did a search on  the net, found many references to this lens, but 
> nothing to state how much coverage it exactly had.
>
> 	Did read lots of neat stuff about "radioactive" glass, but those 
> radio-active lenses are supposed to have a brownish cast in teh read lens,
>  and settign thelens ona  light box, I see no cast.  That, and my Civil 
> Defense geiger counter I obught off ebay (don't ask - impulse buy) fails 
> to show any readings, but then, that geiger counter was problaly made for 
> when they dropped big nukes, not small time radiaiton.  :)
>
> thanks much
> joe
>
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