[LargeFormat] Double Protar Lens
Clive Warren
largeformat@f32.net
Mon Sep 1 20:33:51 2003
At 7:33 pm -0400 1/9/03, LNphoto wrote:
>>It does seem as though it'll fit front mounted on a Betax #5
>>shutter so I may get around to making a sleeve up for it..... In
>>any case, the new Bausch and Lomb lens may be a direct fit in the
>>Ross barrel so there could be a few more focal lengths available.
>>
>Here's another option.....
>
>My C set came in it's original case which wouldn't allow for a
>shutter. If I had the lens put into a shutter I'd lose the ability
>to use the case....
>
>My solution was to have Steve Grimes make up one of his patented O
>ring filter adapters, but instead of thread to a filter it threads
>to the back of an Alphax shutter (from a useless Oscillo raptar). I
>normally shoot with a packard, but when I want half assed accuracy,
>I can slip the shutter on like a filter, in the front. The shutter
>blades are nearly up against the front element so there's no
>vignetting. I keep this in a leather case a bit bigger than a
>chewing tobacco tin.
Les,
That's a great solution. The C set lenses are probably a lot lighter
than the Series VII though. If I come across a cheap Zeiss C set in
the box with the hen's teeth then there is an old alphax shutter
sitting here waiting :-)
Have to ask - can you still buy chewing tobacco?
Cheers,
Clive