[LargeFormat] Uncle who?/Elgeet 4.5

[Richard Knoppow]

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Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] Uncle who?/Elgeet 4.5


> Well I can' only give you theory.  I too have an Elgeet
10" f4.5 in
> military (but not Scottish Higlander)
> garb
>
> It's designated as an LE-2, the same as the 10" tele
optar.  both use a
> negative element to s t r e t c h the image to large
coverage and then
> use the center, thus giving magnification.  I haven't
chucked this in
> my Doodledorf, but I know the 15" tele will cover
8x10.....or should I
> say "illuminate"  There's big difference in the circle of
illumination
> and the circle of good definition, or good coverage.
Teles for the
> most part illuminate a lot but don't expect dagor
sharpness in the
> corners.
>
> Les
  I don't know about the Elgeet lens but my TeleOptar falls
apart beyond about an 8 inch circle. It would work as a
telephoto for 5x7 but not larger even though it will
illuminate an 8x10. It was really designed for 4x5 and for
that size is an excellent lens.
  Elgeet seems to have made mainly high quality projection
lenses and enlarging lenses but obviously made other kinds
also.

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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA
dickburk@ix.netcom.com