[LargeFormat] Wide field and Commercial Ektars

[Richard Knoppow]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Hough " <k4sb at niia.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 4:17 PM
Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] Wide field and Commercial Ektars


> Les
> I dug them out. They are 1947 ES. The sales reciept for 3 
> of them is from
> March 1947. Do not ask why I have the reciept. I've seen 
> and heard of lots
> of 000 lenses since I got mine. I think they are salesmen 
> samples. Too
> many of them. Give Gustafson at GEH a call about it.
> Ken
>
> Very interesting. Does your '46 set say "Wide Field" or 
> "Wide Angle"
> Ektar.   I have a 135 and 190 also from '46 that say Wide 
> Angle, but
> these have a 000 serial number.
>
> While I'm still in negotiations with the owner, I'm aware 
> of a 14"
> Eastman Ektar.  Has all the markings and machining of a 
> Commercial
> Ektar (bright mount of aluminum, style of engraving) 
> accept its date
> code is EY (1940); hence the interest of the "Commercial" 
> introduction.
>
>
> On Aug 9, 2005, at 11:45 PM, Ken Hough wrote:
>
>> Les
>> I have a "set" (100mm, 135mm, 190mm, 250mm) of WF Ektars 
>> from 1946.
> Code
>> EO.  I was told these were VERY early in the series. You 
>> saw the 250 at
>> Greenfield Village. Most of the ones I've seen are from 
>> 48 including the
>> 190 I use most. When I was in the Navy I worked on 
>> shutters of WF Ektars
>> that were not marked WF Ektars. They just said EKC and a 
>> series #  with
> a
>> serial number. No letter code. I can't remember the 
>> series number. A
>> Series 32 f4.5 turned into the Ektars. and I think Series 
>> 33 f6.3 turned
>> into the Commercial Ektars.
>>  Copals showed up around 1965 with a Polaroid "pro 
>> camera" the 180.
>> It also had compur shutters too.
>> Ken
>>
>> Does anybody have an introduction date or "earliest 
>> known" date for
>> these lenses in any focal length? The best I can get is a 
>> 1948 edition
> of
>> "Kodak Lenses"  which mentions them, but doesn't say they 
>> are new or
> just
>> introduced.
>>
>> While I'm asking for dates, when did the Copal shutters 
>> start coming
> into
>> the US market?
>>
>> Les
>>
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