[LargeFormat] cult lenses
Stuart Phillips
largeformat@f32.net
Mon Jun 2 12:25:18 2003
Andrew Glover himself:
http://www.alternativephotography.com/andrew_glover.html
----- Original Message -----
From: "Les Newcomer" <LNPhoto@twmi.rr.com>
To: <largeformat@f32.net>
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 12:12 PM
Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] cult lenses
> I'm beginning to think that the cult has less to do with the lenses and
> more to do with Dagor77 aka Andrew Glover.
>
> Dagor lenses are known for coverage and sharpness, they also have a
> focus shift that some people refuse to belive.
> Dagors were made by the Goerz company, known for quality lenses
> throughout their lifetime.
>
> Wollensak made a number of soft focus lenses and within the mushiness
> lies a lot of lore, and a lot of lies. They also made a lot of lenses
> for Graflex under the Optar name and for themselves under the Rapax
> name, but these were produced in great numbers and don't qualify for
> cult status.
>
> the current cult Wolley lens is the Pro Raptar. A very good performer
> and until recently under valued. Hard to find and everyone wonders
> what the heck is a Rapax shutter doing with a blue background (all
> previous were black)
>
> A lot of Dagor's lenses are lenses from the printing industry. They
> were expensive to make, had to be excruciatingly accurate in color
> fedility, resolution, and contrast. The only thing they didn't have to
> be was fast, so these are typically long lenses 19inches plus and slow,
> f10 or so. They do work well on large format as long as you have a
> bright and sunny location like Clive has. ;-). Actually because they
> are long lenses they aren't that difficult to focus in diminished light
> as the light comes in nearly on axis.
>
> Les
>
> On Monday, June 2, 2003, at 11:41 AM, Dan Kalish wrote:
>
> > What are Dagor, Cooke, Dallmeyer, Goerz, Dallmeyer, and Wollensak
> > lenses and
> > why are they held in such reverence? I was checking out Dagor77's
> > auctions.
> > What a character!
> >
> > Dan Kalish
> > Flushing, New York, New York, USA
> >
> >
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