[LargeFormat] Wollensak 15" Telephoto (was re: Shooting Landscapes with 305mm)

[Stuart Phillips]

That really is a great lens! I looked at the pictures and the possible
enlargement is amazing. I'm happily using an Ektar f4.7 127mm; these
"mature" lenses are really excellent.
Best
----- Original Message -----
From: "Clive Warren" <cocam@blueyonder.co.uk>
To: <largeformat@f32.net>
Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2003 10:47 PM
Subject: [LargeFormat] Wollensak 15" Telephoto (was re: Shooting Landscapes
with 305mm)


> At 9:59 pm -0400 20/4/03, Stuart Phillips wrote:
> >Is the Wollensack a telephoto or do you have long bellows?
> >
>
> Hello Stuart,
>
> The Wollensak is indeed a telephoto in an Alphax shutter and a rather
> fine lens. There is an example photo taken with the lens attached to
> a Speed Graphic of Tintern in South Wales, UK. The photos were taken
> from a precarious position about two miles away in the surrounding
> mountains.  There are sectional blow-ups of the resulting trannie
> showing the limitations to be grain of the film rather than
> resolution of the lens!
>
> The photos are on the f32.net Discussion Forum at the following URL:
> http://www.f32.net/cgi-local/discus/show.cgi?tpc=6&post=530#POST530
>
> Cheers, Clive
>
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