[LargeFormat] apo ronar

[Joseph O'Neil]

Hi everyway;
	I picked up an60mm apo-ronar yesterday - I litterally tore apart the 
process camera by hand - sad to see these things going away - give it ten 
years, nobody will remember what they looked like.  :(

	Lens is in excellent shape, and i still harbour dreams of jumping from 4x5 
to 8x10, so I jumped at the chance for the lens.  No shutter of course 
(anybody got a spare Ilex #5?  :), but can anone tell me how to date a lens 
form the serial number for Rodestock?  I know how to for Kodak and I have 
the list for Schneider, but not Rodenstock.  The serial number on this one 
is 10231544.

	On a bit of a tangent, is anyone else sad to see these process cameras 
bign shut down everywhere?  I mean, i fully understand business wise it is 
happening,a nd every time a local one shuts down and I hear aobut it, my 
lenses collection grows - for example, I have a wonderful red dot artar 
8.24" I use all the time with splended results.  I even get used ot 
focusing at F9, becuase i backpack a lot and th elens is small and light.

	But still, I thkk all the technique and technology and even the art of 
using these process cameras will sooon be a hting of the past, something 
just sad about that.
joe


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