[LargeFormat] wollensak lens color coded dots

[Tim Atherton]

I used to have a Wollensak brochure and it had something about the pink w in
a circle (like an @) meaning Wollocoated or something - which was their
wonderful 1950's or so trade name for their single (?) coating. My 159mm
12.5 has this.

tim

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> Behalf Of Richard Knoppow
> Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 7:48 PM
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> Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] wollensak lens color coded dots
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "LNphoto" <LNphoto@twmi.rr.com>
> To: "f32" <largeformat@f32.net>
> Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 6:34 PM
> Subject: [LargeFormat] wollensak lens color coded dots
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> > Okay  who can tell me what the dots mean on coated Wolley
> lenses.   One
> > dot is yellow, I think one is either red or blue.  Some
> lenses have two
> > dots.  Does this mean Wolley was "multi-coating" lenses 20
> years before
> > the Japanese "invented" the process?
> >
> > Les
> >
> >
>   This is one of the puzzles I've been trying to find an
> answer to for a long time. Similar dots appear on post-war
> Bausch & Lomb lenses.
>
> ---
> Richard Knoppow
> Los Angeles, CA, USA
> dickburk@ix.netcom.com
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