NOTE: All shutters and barrels with mounting flanges unless noted. Lenscaps provided unless I cannot find caps in my 200+ inventory. All Copal shutters are synchronized. All come with a 10 day money back guarantee. Some macro and micro lenses are listed here, but most are to be found on my copy camera list. Most enlarging lenses are to be found on one of my darkroom lists. All barrel mount lenses have diaphragms unless noted. If a lens is not listed as being coated or multicoated, then it is uncoated. Telephoto lenses are listed as such and require only about 3/5 the focal length to focus at infinity, but they do not have as wide an image circle as normal lenses. Portrait lenses are individual; each is described. Some shutters, lens mounts, lens cases and some other lens accessories are listed among the lenses. I have many lensboards in stock and will gladly sell you a lensboard and mount the lens for you. Books about lenses are found on my book web page. Shutters and lens flanges are found on my view camera lens shutters web page.
17mm Micro Design Japanese lens from microfiche reader, barrel, no diaphragm, coated, high resolution @ high magnification, great macro or micro lens or small pocket magnifier, no flange or mounting system (can be epoxied into hole in lensboard--I'll do it for you for the cost of the lensboard plus $20 for boring the hole plus $10 for epoxy work), $50
Linhof select coated Carl Zeiss Luminar lenses, 16mm, 25mm and 40mm, worn cases, Linhof lenscone, fairly clean glass, smooth working diaphragms, lenses and lenscone $OLD. In this case, I mounted my lenscone on a customer's Sinar lensboard. Although I do not have any more lenscones left, I can manufacture a lenscone specifically for your needs. The reason for a lens cone is so that you have room to position lighting equipment + you can use the extension in macro work. 2 Crown Graphic lensboards set up to accept Linhof lenscones complete with screws available for $80 each.
Linhof lenscone threads to Leica screwmount adapter that will allow you to use lenses such as the Zeiss Luminar with Linhof adapter on Leica screwmount and, with the below adapter, on Nikon bayonet mount equipment. $100. 3 available.
Nikon F to Leica screwmount adapter, $150. The adapter will fit virtually any Nikon bayonet mount from the Nikon F through the latest digital camera. It is primarily designed to be used on bellows because you cannot expect a Leica screwmount lens to mount onto a Nikon camera and focus to infinity. The white dot helps you to locate the adapter to the proper position for mounting and is an indicator that this is a factory made piece.
Linhof lenscone threads to Nikon F adapter. $175.
25mm f2.8 Leitz Summar (macro lens--in barrel w/o diaphragm), coated, with Leitz helical focusing mount. Let me tell you, having a Leitz quality helical focusing mount in a macro copy set up is wonderfully convenient. Mint, $400. Can also be supplied with Leica 39mm threaded extension tube for another $100.
32mm f4.5 to F22 Zeiss Micro Tessar, in barrel without flange, tiny, bubbles in glass, dirt specks in glass, probably still perfroms pretty well, if you want to see some photos made with a Micro Tessar, go to my STEREO page, $50
40mm F4 Schneider Componon, coated, in barrel w/o diaphragm or mounting flange (designed this way--has groove around waist--may be mounted with universal diaphram lensholder), macro lens, Ex+, $40. Universal diaphragm lensholders are to be found on my VIEW CAMERA ACCESSORIES page.
45mm F4.5 Apo-Grandagon, multicoated, Copal 0, in Rodenstock focusing mount (focuses to 1.5', marked in meters and feet), NEW-IN-BOX, $1300
47mm F5.6 Super Angulon lens, multicoated, Copal #0 shutter, boxed, $300. This lens was purchased NEW by me from an authorized Schneider dealer. The rear element group is cracked. I did not fill out and send in the warranty card because Illinois law does not require consumers to do that. I sent it to Schneider for repair or replacement. Schneider declined to honor their warranty. I could try to get the States Attorney to go after Schneider, but I decided to sell the lens instead. The front element group is perfect. The rear barrel is undamaged. It is only the rear element glass that is cracked. Click on the image to enlarge it.
50mm f4.5 Wollensak Microfilm projection lens, coated, barrel, macro lens, Ex+, $40
51mm f1.9 Dallmeyer Oscilliscope lens designed for 3.25X4.25" format, optimized for 0.7 to 1 magnification range, mounted in an exceptionally clean PC-synched Prontor Press shutter (the PC synch fitting is under the plastic cover and has probably never been used), came in on a Leitz Aristophot, Ex, $100. Note: I put it on a view camera; the image appears to be visually sharp and flat field image at 1:1. There is no diaphragm in this shutter because the shutter was designed to be used with a microscope or with this lens--wide open.
53mm F4 Technika Super Angulon lens, coated, Linhof Compur #0 shutter, for 6X9cm, designed to be a direct competitor to the 53mm F4.5 Zeiss Biogon, performs at least as well in my opinion, rare, boxed, Mint, $1000. This lens was sold. I have another, not in the box, but with a Sinar Handy type camera. I am willing to sell that lens without the camera for $1000. See my Sinar list or my Panoramic camera list for that camera and lens.
72mm F6.3 Wollensak Raptar, coated, barrel, fixed aperture, built-in mounting ring. This was probably designed as a flat field macro copy or projection lens. It does a great job of magnifying the pixels on my computer monitor. Pretty clean glass. It may cover some larger formats at higher magnifications; 35mm is a safe bet at just about any magnification. $30.
72mm F8 Super Angulon XL, multicoated, Synchro Copal #0, with focusing mount. I purchased this lens new. I put it on a camera to test it just after receipt and have not used it since. It is Mint. I sent in the warranty card in my name. I will be glad to process any claim for you. $1800
75mm F4 Apo Rodagon D, multicoated, barrel, optimized for 1:1 magnification, Mint, $350
75mm F4.5 Tominon, macro lens designed for use with Polaroid copy cameras, meant to be screwed into the front of a #1 shutter, no flange, Mint, $150
75mm F6.8 Rodenstock Grandagon, multicoated, Copal, 100 degree coverage wideangle lens, Mint, $600
75mm F8 Super Angulon, coated, Synchro Compur, 100 degree coverage wideangle lens, Mint, $500
75mm F8 Fujinon SW, coated, Copal, 106 degree coverage wideangle lens, Mint, $700. Plaubel Peco Jr. lensboard not included, but available separately.
90mm F5.6 Calumet Caltar Pro Series (Japanese manufacture), multicoated, Copal 0, large meniscus shape front & rear elements imply very large coverage, 95mm front filter threads, some fine scratches front element, otherwise Mint-, $400 Note that the lens comes with 2 metal lenscaps.
90mm F8 Fujinon SW, multicoated, 106 degree coverage wideangle lens, Mint, $700. Plaubel Peco Jr. lensboard not included, but available separately. These lenses are very well mounted on these lensboards. New felt strips replaced the original foam that had deteriorated. View of rear shows 90mm Fuji on left, 75mm Fuji on right.
90mm F8 Super Angulon, coated, Synchro Compur #0 (this shutter has click stops at full and half stops), black barrel, Mint, $650
Focusing mount for lens in #1 shutter. Only Linhof made a focusing mount for a #1 shutter and nobody makes higher quality focusing mounts than Linhof. The focusing distance scale is for a 95mm lens. This focusing mount comes with a cam and it was designed to be used with a Linhof Press, but you will no doubt want to use it with your custom built camera--perhaps a camera similar to the Sinar Handy, perhaps with a 75mm Biogon or with a 110mm Super Angulon XL. This is the only focusing mount for a #1 shutter that I have ever had available. RARE. $600
105mm F8 Fujinon SW, multicoated, Copal 0, covers an 11" image circle, covers 4X10", perfect glass, marks but no dents on barrel, hard to find lens, $900. The 8X10" Kodak Master view camera is a perfect choice for wide angle lens usage as short as 47mm. You will find the Kodak Master view camera on my View Camera web page. Add $80 for lens neatly mounted on a Sinar lens board. Yes, this Kodak Master view camera accepts Sinar lens boards. 77mm filter size. With both original lenscaps.
108mm F4.5 Wollensak Velostigmat series II, uncoated, Betax #2 shutter. Probably designed for a 6x9cm or 3 1/4 X 4 1/4" camera. Shutter working but sluggish. Glass is fairly clean. With cable release socket. No flange. $60
120mm F8 Super Angulon, multicoated, Copal 0, Mint, $800. Add $100 for lens neatly mounted on Sinar lensboard with a 3X3" gel filter holder mounted behind the lens. This lens was owned by the world's foremost architectural photography firm. This is how they mount their filters. No vignetting from this filter holder and the filter is out of harm's way. The white plastic card is used to protect the lens in place of a rear lenscap. In my experience, the Super Angulon is less contrasty than it's competition, but with higher resolution. The image of the pregnant tree was made directly in the camera onto 8X10 Cibrchrome positive paper with a 120mm F8 Schneider Super Angulon lens at about F11. For details on Cibachrome positve paper shot directly in camera: CIBACHROME-IN-CAMERA
127mm F4.5 Tominon coated lens elements only--w/o barrel, VG, $15
105-150mm F4.5 vari focal Computar dl, coated, barrel, Leica screw mount, will cover 4X5 @ 150mm but not @ 105mm, good for changing image size w/o changing enlarger height, fast and convenient, also good for special effects, may zoom while printing, consider combining this lens with my 2X3 baby Graflex SLR (listed on my view camera list along with a lensboard with Leica screw mount flange) as a zoom macro lens, Mint, $350
135mm F4.5 Tominon, macro lens designed for use with Polaroid copy cameras, meant to be screwed into the front of a #1 shutter, no flange, Mint, $150
135mm f5.6 Componon, coated, Synchro Copal, flat field macro lens also good for infinity use, Mint, $300 Note: Check out Ken Kay's article on why he uses Componons for studio photography in "The Photography Catalog," designed after the "The Whole Earth Catalog," but devoted to the subject of photography.
~135mm f11 Gundlach. Lens focal length is not listed. Lens is probably designed for a quarter plate camera of 4 3/4 X 6 3/4." The only markings on the lens are "Gundlach Optical Co., Rochester, N.Y." In addition to the front plate that restricts the maximum aperture to F11, there is a diaphragm that stops down to F45. This lens might produce some pretty interesting soft and/or distorted images if the front restrictive plate is removed. As is, do not expect to produce any commercial quality images; this lens may, however, be just what your period camera calls for. Glass is fairly clean. Brass shutter housing has an interesting surface texture common to these shutters. Shutter is working. Speeds are Time, Bulb, and Intermittant with a separate Fast to Slow setting lever. There is a tripping lever and an air piston release; you will need a bulb and tubing to use that. No cable release socket. With flange. $85
150mm F5.6 Technika Symmar, black Linhof Synchro Compur #1, Mint-, $350. Add $100 for lens neatly mounted on Technika III lensboard. This lensboard is illustrated with the 150mm Apo Lanthar.
150mm F5.6 Symmar, Synchro Compur, Mint-, $275
150mm F9 G-Claron, coated, barrel, will cover 5X7, Mint, $200.
150mm F9 G-Claron, coated, Compur 0, will cover 5X7, click stops at half stop intervals, Mint, $450
150mm Hugo Meyer Plasmatlinse single element in leather case with front ring (protects shutter), 47.4mm O.D. of bayonet threads, Mint-, $150--or will buy the lens it fits
You may wonder how I test lenses to determine coverage. I use a larger format camera than the lens was intended to cover. I have several cameras set up to accept lenses with little effort. In this case, I used an 11X14 F&S. The clear circles on the camera back allow me to see the lens diaphragm and to focus on the aerial image--which is much brighter and sharper than the ground glass image. The 11X14 F&S easily allows me to focus with a lens as short as and even shorter than this 158mm. The 11X14 F&S is mounted on a Saltzman Studio Stand. Note that the large tripod top plate supports the hinged joint in the fold down rail. The 11X14 F&S is listed on my View Camera web page and the Saltzman Studio Stand is listed on my Tripod and view camera accessories web page. Also note the universal diaphragm lensholder that allows me to quickly mount lenses; universal diaphragm lensholders are listed on my Tripod and view camera accessories web page. When I have larger cameras in stock, I will test lenses with more coverage on larger cameras. I have a 8X20 Sinar that I also use to test lenses. And presently I have a 12X20 Sinar camera in stock, so I used it to test the ~300mm ~F8 lens listed below. See my Sinar page to see these cameras.
165mm F9 Computar, coated, in barrel with filter slot. This is a 210mm F9 Computar front element and barrel with a 150mm F9 Computar rear element. There is 1mm separation around the perimeter of the rear element; this will not affect the lens' performance because you will be using this lens stopped down for coverage. The diaphragm stops down to F90; diaphragm will give a little overexposure for this 165mm focal length. This lens has the same high quality definition as provided by a factory original Computar It covers 8X10 and will outperform a 165mm (6 1/2") Wide Angle Golden Dagor. Clean glass. $550. This lens and the next lens are separated from the other lenses because they are both similar. You may want to buy both lenses. If you bought both lenses, you could combine the 2 front elements into one 210mm lens and the 2 rear elements into on 150mm lens. The Computar lenses are only similar to the Dagor. The Dagor is a symmetrical lens; the Computar is not symmetrical. By combining the 2 front elements and the 2 rear elements from these 2 lenses, you would have 2 symmetrical lenses that would be even more similar to a Dagor. My guess is that the 2 210mm front elements will cover at least as much, be at least as fast and perform at least as well as the factory designed 210mm Computar. I may do this myself--except that I have 2 factory original 210mm Computars and I have far more projects lined up than I have time to complete.
165mm F9 Computar, coated, in barrel with filter slot. This is a 210mm F9 Computar front element and barrel with a 150mm F9 Computar rear element. There are some extremely slight cleaning scratches on the both the front and the rear lens groups. The diaphragm stops down to F90; diaphragm will probably give a little overexposure for this 165mm focal length. This lens covers 8X10 and will outperform a 165mm (6 1/2") Wide Angle Golden Dagor. $450 Note: It is not all that unusual to find these lenses in this configuration. The 210mm Computar is a highly sought afer lens; crooks will take advantage of such a market. The 1st one I bought from a camera dealer who took short term advantage of my trust to sell me one of these lenses as a 210mm lens. His trick was short sighted because I later found out the truth and now I know better than to trust him. The other lens I bought off of Ebay; the seller sent me a partial refund when I told him about the situation. The rear elements of 150mm and 210mm Computar lenses are interchangable. The rear elements are oftentimes damaged. Here is what to look for: The diameter of the rear element glass differs between the 150mm Computar and the 210mm Computar.
173mm F7.9 Kodak lens, uncoated--except for some naturally acquired coating, Eastman Kodak #1 Kodex shutter. This lens is probably off of a folding camera of about 4X5" in size. Shutter works. Some bubbles in glass. Glass is clean. With jamb nut. With cable release socket. Do not buy this to produce commercial quality images; buy it to refurbish your old camera. $50.
180mm F5.6 Caltar II N, multicoated, Copal #1, Mint, $400. Lens is mounted on a round brass lensboard that bayonets into 2 different lensboards. It is shown on a lensboard to fit a 5X7 Toyo or a Crown or speed Grafic which is available at extra cost along with a lensboard set that includes 5 brass disks in #0 and #1 sizes, the Grafic type lensboard shown, a Sinar lensboard with bayonet flange, and another bayonet flange you can mount onto the lensboard of your choice. See the end of my SINAR list for details about this lensboard system.
210mm F4.5 Carl Zeiss Tessar lens elements only. The front element group is very clean. The front surface of the rear element group is scratched mostly towards the edges, designed to fit into a shutter like the one above with a Xenar lens, $35.
210mm Helical Focusing Mount. Quality German made brass helical. If used for a 210mm lens, it will focus to 2 meters. It may be used for almost any focal length. It works especially well with short macro lenses. There is a disk with a 22.6mm hole in it that threads into the front of it where the lens used to mount. Built-in mounting ring. $50.
210mm F5.6 Rodenstock Apo Sironar-N, multicoated, Copal 1, 72 degree field of view, 301mm image circle, Mint, $600
210mm F5.6 Symmar, coated, Compur, convertible to 370mm, some brassing on rear barrel, Mint-, $300
210mm F6.3 Computar Symmetrigon, coated, Copal, with factory matched lensshade that cuts off all non-image-forming light, similar to Symmar & Sironar, but with slightly more coverage, Mint, $350. The lens is illustrated mounted on a Sinar lensboard with an about 6mm extension; you can see how much easier it would be to screw in a cable release and operate the other shutter controls with the shutter mounted forward a little bit. Add $150 if you want this lensboard.
210mm F6.8 Schneider Angulon, coated, Copal #3, covers 11X14, late model lens until recently available for rental in a major rental house, newly cleaned, lubed and adjusted shutter, clean glass, 67mm filter threads, $1000. This lens, like other Angulons, is similar to a Wide Angle Dagor formula lens, with similar coverage and similar compact design. This is in a rather rare Copal 3C shutter. Most people do not know how to use this lens. For best results, focus stopped down and midway between the center and edge of the coverage of the lens. This is one of 3 such lenses I bought on the same occasion from the rental house. This is the last one. Primary advantages of this lens are its compact size and its common filter size.
210mm F9 Computar, coated, in barrel with filter slot, with slip in gel filter holder. Also with an S.K.Grimes made adapter for this lens that accepts 67mm filters; these oversize filters will not vignette. The elements will screw into a #1 shutter. This lens covers 11X14, small, clean glass, $1200. For $1600 I will put this lens into a Copal #1 shutter and have S.K.Grimes make an F-stop scale for the shutter and ship it directly to you. The only other similar focal length lenses that will cover 11X14 with such quality are the Schneider 210 S-A, the 210 Super Symmar-XL and the 200 Grandagon, and they are 6-7# heavier, 20 times larger, and much more expensive. So why is this lens $200 more expensive than the below listed lens? It is the filter ring adaptation, the gel filter holder and the fact that you lose coverage with the lens shade in place.
210mm F9 Computar, coated, in barrel with filter slot, with lens shade. The elements will screw into a #1 shutter. With the lens shade removed, this lens covers 11X14, small, clean glass, $1000. For $1400 I will put this lens into a Copal #1 shutter and have S.K.Grimes make an F-stop scale for the shutter and ship it directly to you. The only other similar focal length lenses that will cover 11X14 with such quality are the Schneider 210 S-A, the 210 Super Symmar-XL and the 200 Grandagon, and they are 6-7# heavier, 20 times larger, and much more expensive. The side view shows the filter slot closed. Also look at the listings for the 2 165mm Computar lenses, which are, in fact, 210mm Computar lenses with 150mm Computar rear elements.
230mm F5.6 Wollensak copy lens, modern, coated, large curvature meniscus shape indicates this is an extreme wideangle--albeit designed for close work. The aperture on this lens only goes from F5.6 to F11. It will cover 8X10 at infinity at F11, but I would prefer that the aperture went to F22 at least. You might be able to enlarge the aperture adjustment slot so that the aperture stops down farther. It is a quality multi-bladed aperture. That aperture slot has allowed some dust to get inside the lens. Otherwise the lens is near Mint, $100
~240mm F3.5 Wollensak lens, uncoated, 3" outside diameter Alphax shutter. The lens is not identified other than by the name "Wollensak" on the shutter. Shutter not working. Diaphragm is working. Glass fairly clean. There is an average of about 1mm of separation around the perimeter of the front element. No flange. Cable release socket with standard tapered internal threads + external threads. $50
240mm F5.6 Nikkor-W, multicoated, Copal 3, Mint-, $600. Will cover 8X10. I frequently must laugh when I am asked for a lens like an old Dagor when a lens like this is available in a modern shutter. This lens has filter threads that accept modern commonly available filters. With lens caps and 2-part mounting ring for use on wood or metal lensboards.
240mm F6.8 IMAGONAL SATZ II or Imagonal lens set 2. Uncoated, barrel mount with diaphrapm. Front element screws into barrel. Rear elements bayonet into barrel. You may use any of the rear elements in combination with the front element or by themselves. The front element may be used by itself. The focal lengths are: 175, 200, 240, 300, 330, 360, 420 and 650mm. The name "imagon" is associated with the more modern soft focus imagon. I do not know if this is a soft focus lens; I would guess not. My best guess is that it is more like a Dagor type double anastigmat lens. The lens barrel itself bayonets into the lens flange. There is no lens flange. I will make a flange for the lens when I find the time or the need. The lens glass is very clean. There is no separation. There are no scratches. There is some paint coming off of the lens edges. There are 2 somewhat faded light to medium yellow filters. The lens, the filter rings and screw on front ID ring are not dented. It is in the original lens case with the original information sheet. The information sheet for the II was not yet ready, so the information sheet for the Imagonal set I was used and portions overwritten. RARE! $800 as is or $1000 with a custom made flange. This lens is quite usable in addition to being collectable. it is even possible to mount it into a #3 shutter. All focal lengths will cover 4X5 and 5X7; 240mm and longer focal lengths will cover 8X10. Longer focal lengths will cover even larger formats.
240mm F9 Fujinon A, coated, Copal 0, covers 8X10 with movements, Mint-, $700. Add $80 for lens neatly mounted on a generic Sinar lensboard.
240mm F9 Rodenstock Apo Ronar, coated, barrel, filter slot, stops down to F180, boxed, with guarantee certificate, Mint-, $150
250mm F5.6 Graflex Tele-Optar, coated, barrel, telephoto designed for use with either the 2X3 or 3X4 Graflex, Mint-, $200
250mm H5.6 soft focus Fujinon, coated, in Copal #3 synchro shutter, full set of 2 (one red dot and one yellow dot) variable diffusion disks, Mint, $500. For the lens neatly mounted on Linhof Technika IV or V compatible lensboard add $75. For Linhof IV 250mm cam, add $100. This particular lens has been sold. I have another like it with only the yellow dot disk and only one original lenscap and Mint- for $425.
~270mm 8X10 f4.5 Bausch & Lomb--Zeiss Tessar, uncoated, barrel with diaphragm. 1 significant and a 2nd smaller nick in front element. Glass otherwise pretty clean. You may fill those nicks with opaque paint to render them harmless. Diaphram stiff, but works. No flange. With front lens cap. Focal length is not marked; it just says it is an 8X10 lens--a very affordable 8X10 lens. $50
270mm f5.6 Rodenstock Rotelar telephoto, coated, Graphic Synchro Compur #1, Mint-, $450
~290mm F12.5 Wollensak Extreme Wide Angle lens to cover 12X20". Labeled as being for 14X17, it will cover 12X20" with a little room for movement. I have had several of these lenses in the 159mm focal length and liked them a lot. This is the only one in this longer focal length I have had. It has its faults. There is a "snowflake" separation near the center of the rear element; this occurs typically during assembly. An air bubble is squashed within the cemented layer and spreads out; it is virtually transparent to the film, but looks bad to the eye by reflected light. There is some slight edge separation; this will not be a factor because this lens will rarely be used wide open and eve if you do this will not noticably affect the image. There are a few light scratches near the center of the rear lens face. This shutter was recently cleaned, lubed and adjusted as well as possible by S. K. Grimes; the shutter speeds are as indicated. S. K. Grimes also made new lens caps for the lens. When it comes to lenses this RARE, you accept the good with the bad. The lens still performs well despite the defects. The lens is in a #5 Alphax. It is large in diameter, but not thick. It could not be thick and cover so much. The curvature on the front element is a segment of a very large sphere. The lens formula is like that of a wide angle Dagor. $2200.
300mm F5.5 soft focus Rodenstock Imagon, coated, in Compur Compound PC-synched shutter, 3 variable diffusion disks, 4X neutral density filter, in well worn original box. This lens in this older shutter is superior to the currently available Imagon in Copal # 3 because this older, larger shutter allows the lens to be larger in diameter, allowing for more diffusion. The current lens only comes with 2 diffusion disks. There is a diaphragm in this shutter and this lens will cover 11X14 at small diaphragm stops, but it will only cover 5X7 without light fall off when using the diffusion disks. Newly cleaned, lubed and adjusted shutter. Mint-, $900 Add $100 for lens neatly mounted on Deardorff 6X6 round cornered lensboard. Add $100 for lens neatly mounted on late Sinar lensboard. Add $25 for 4 page book "Introducing the Imagon" by Josef Folding + a one page sheet of Condensed Instructions.
300mm f5.6 Rodenstock Sironar-N, multicoated, Copal 3, NEW, $1000. I bought this lens new and never used it.
300mm f5.6 Nikkor-W, multicoated, Copal 3, Mint, $1000
300mm F5.6 Nikkor-W, multicoated, Copal 3, large dent on rim of front barrel, shutter F-stop scale is for 240mm lens, otherwise Mint-, $600. These elements needed a shutter. I had some OEM shutters on hand for 240mm lenses. I screwed the elements into one of those shutters.
300mm f5.6 Componon-S, coated, Compur 3 shutter with 1/3 F-stop click-stops. The aperture control accessory allows you to set the aperture from working position behind the camera. The preset aperture control accessory is quite rare as well as quite useful. I have an aperture control accessory available by itself listed on my View Camera lens shutters web page. In addition to the 2 part shutter flange there is also the flange you see at the lens rear. This is the flange typically used when the lens is mounted on an enlarger. This lens could indeed be used as your taking lens and your printing lens. Rear lens cap only. Mint-, $1000. Take a look at an image of a 420mm lens in a Compur 3 shutter with the aperture control device in use below. This lens is also listed in a barrel on my Other Enlargers and Enlarging Lenses web page.
300mm f5.6 Symmar-S, coated, Copal #3 shutter, Mint-, $800. For those looking for a #3 shutter to fit a lens that is too big for an ordinary Copal #3 shutter, this has 3mm larger diameter threads than either a standard Copal #3 or #3S shutter. The thread size is 58mm X .75mmp.
300mm f5.6 Componon, coated, NEW Copal 3 shutter, Mint-, $850
300mm F6.3 Gundlach Radar Anastigmat lens cells only, coated, will screw into #5 Ilex shutter, Mint-, $75, 2 sets of cells available
300mm F7.7 Dallmeyer Dallon, coated, PC-synched dial set Compur, compact telephoto, rear element is 43mm diameter, front element is 49mm diameter, overall length is 73mm, will fit onto small lensboards and fit through small openings and it is just what is required for such cameras with short bellows as telephoto lenses require less extension than non-telephoto lenses, covers 5X7+, this lens is fairly sharp--not as sharp as but much smaller and lighter than Schneider and Rodenstock telephotos (illustrated below beside Schneider 270mm Tele Arton), shutter has been newly cleaned, lubed and adjusted. The front element group was badly cemented. Not enough cement was used. It is not coming uncemented; it wasn't sufficiently cemented initially. I have seen several other 300mm Dallons like this. Put a liquid between 2 pieces of glass and see what you get; the photo below is what you may get. It was difficult to photograph in order to show it at its worst, but there you have it--shown much worse than it really is. The cemented layer is transparent when viewed straight through, but uneven when viewed obliquely. Photos made with lens at F22. $350
300mm f9 Apo Nikkor, coated, barrel, filter slot, some slight cleaning scratches will in no way affect the lens' performance, no flange, Ex, $150
303mm F7 Bausch & Lomb Protar VII lens, convertible to 481mm and 592mm, PC-synched Compur Compound, will cover 11X14 at all focal lengths (wide open at the longer focal lengths). Although I have not put this lens on a 12X20 camera there is no doubt in my mind that the longer focal lengths will cover 12X20. This lens is made under license to Carl Zeiss after the Zeiss Protar VII. The paint around the longer element glass where the lettering is found has been removed, probably because the aluminum had corroded, but the lettering is still visible and legible--although not in the photo. The glass is perfectly clear and clean, brassing on shutter, but shutter functions well. This is the original shutter for this lens; F-stops for all 3 focal lengths are engraved on the shutter. 3 lenses for the price of one, $850
original barrel with diaphragm for Kodak 305mm F4.5 Kodak Portrait lens, with original front and rear lenscaps, with flange, without rear lens element retaining ring, Mint-, $180
305mm F5.6 American Optical Co. Type 1, coated, complete with yellow and red center filters, front and rear lenscaps, very wide angle, looks like a Hypergon w/o the fan, but it has more elements and is a higher quality lens, covers 12X20 with movements! Designed as a high resolution mapping and spy lens for use in planes like the U2, it is sharp and rectilinear, but decidedly soft focus @ F5.6. It's a true soft focus, too, similar to the Kodak Portrait lens in performance with spherical abberation the source of the softness which means that the abberation is at the lens' periphery. It gradually, but rather quickly becomes sharp as you stop down. At f8, 3/4 of the soft focus effect is gone. At F11, almost all of the soft focus effect is gone. The center filters in that huge size would cost about $2000 each today. Center filters help even out the exposure on extreme wide angle lenses, however I have not noticed any light falloff in the 8X20 format w/o the center filters. Lens in barrel with water house stop set from F5.6 to F90, + 2 soft focus stop sets (similar to Imagon stop sets), + 4 blank stops, with manual slide shutter. This lens in this configuration has been sold, but I can build another, New-old-stock, $2000, filters slightly less than mint. Also available in barrel with F45 fixed aperture mounted on Sinar lensboard @ $1500--illustrated following the filters. Will custom mount to lensboard for your camera. Due to the design of the lens, it is not possible to mount the lens into a modern shutter. I was able to mount the lens on either side of a Sinar shutter for one customer. Also due to the design, it is virtually necessary to incorporate the lensboard into the barrel as illustrated.
305mm (12") F6.3 Kodak Commercial Ektar, manufactured 1958, barrel with click stops at full F-stops, coated--although the rear surface of the rear element group has uneven coating, tiny pinpoint mark on front surface near edge, a couple of tiny bubbles in glass, glass otherwise exceptionally clean, $125.
Kodak wood case for 305mm F6.3 Kodak Commercial Ektar, exterior Ex, Ex+ interior, $45
305mm f6.8 Goerz Dagor, barrel, #752886, extremely slight cleaning scratches, less than 1/16 " separation in rear element at edge visible behind the word "Goerz," bubbles in glass, with 2 5/8" mounting hole required, $250
305mm F6.8 Karl Mayer Super Anastigmat, Dagor formula, coated, glass perfect, covers 11X14", synchro Alphax shutter is fast @ 1/2 and 1 second, otherwise Mint, $350
~300mm ~F8 lens to cover 12X20". It will cover 12X20" with a little room for movement; there is a photo of the lens on a 12X20 Sinar format change kit on my Sinar page. This is the only such lens of this focal length I have had. It took me years to find one. The lens is a fairly modern factory coated lens in a #3 Copal shutter. It is a small lens. There is a cleaning scratch on the surface of the front element. It is a great lens and anyone who buys it for 12X20 or smaller format usage will de delighted with it. There is a 25% restocking charge if returned--for the same reasons as with similar 210mm lens. RARE. $3300.
305mm F9 Grafic Kowa, coated, barrel, NEW. These lenses are convertible and may be used in combination with other focal lengths from other Grafic Kowa lenses to provide intermediate focal lengths. The elements will screw directly into a Copal 3S shutter w/o the need for any adapters and be properly spaced. Consider buying one of these lenses along with a 360mm Grafic Kowa lens in 3s shutter listed below. The combination of one element from the 360mm lens and one element from a 305mm lens yields a 330mm focal length. A 240mm F9 Grafic Kowa lens will also screw directly into a #3s Copal and work convertibly with the 305 and 360mm Grafic Kowa lenses. The 3 lenses I have left are mounted on 8X10 proofing enlargers. This is what I bought the lenses for initially. Because I have gone to the effort to build the proofing enlargers, and the enlargers are exact focal length specific (not just the nominal focal length), the lenses on the enlargers must be sold with the enlargers. However, the market for enlargers has diminished, so I am offering the lenses with the enlargers at half price. See section, "2X FIXED ENLARGEMENT PROOFING ENLARGER" on my 8X10 ENLARGERS web page.
305mm f9 Apo Nikkor, coated, barrel, filter slot, Mint-, $250
305mm F9 Carl Meyer Apo-Process lens, coated, Synchro Alphax shutter, numerous scratches on glass, but a great performer nevertheless, covers 11X14", outperforms most other 12" lenses by my experience, from my personal user inventory, $400. Carl Meyer is one of Burke and James' house brands. Carl Meyer did not actually manufacture lenses. Instead, Carl Meyer remanufactured other manufacturer's lenses. This lens was originally an Apo-Process lens made most likely by Goerz. The serial numbering system is Kodak's which means that this lens was remanufactured by Carl Meyer in 1969. Comes with 2 metal lenscaps.
305mm F9 Rodenstock Apo-Copygon, coated, barrel, Mint, $200
prism from 330mm F10 Wollensak Apochromatic Raptar, may be used on another lens with a front barrel outside diameter of 47.78mm or 1.181" or slightly less, Mint, $35
355mm F4.8 Charles Beseler coated lens w/o diaphragm from overhead projector, dent in rear rim, with odd flange but nevertheless a flange, Ex, $40. Note: I put this lens on a view camera expecting to see a low quality image and was surprized to see a high quality flat field image. Of course it had to be so for its intended purpose was to project detailed images from a flat surface onto a flat screen. Add $10 for a lensboard for an 11X14 F&S, about 8" square.
Kodak wood case for 355mm F6.3 Kodak Commercial Ektar, exterior VG, Ex interior, $35
360mm F5.6 Durst Componon, coated, synchro Compound, felt lined leather lens caps, Ex, $700. You may want this lens for the large shutter. The lens threads front and rear are 67X.6mmp front and rear. These lens caps are special too and hard to find in these sizes to fit 100 and 110mm OD lenses. Do not discount the Componon lens, however. Componon lenses are optimized for 10:1 reproduction ratio. Most commercial view camera lenses are optimized for 1:10 reproduction ratios. Those are the same when you consider the direction of lens orientation. The difference is that the Componon is better color color corrected and it is flat field. Knowledgable commercial shooters know this and order the Componon in a shutter.
360mm f5.6 Rodenstock Sironar-N, multicoated, Copal 3, NEW, $1200. I bought this lens new and never used it.
360mm F9 Red Dot Apo Artar, coated, barrel, front reversing prism, Mint, $400. The lens is readily removable from the prism. You might want such a lens for producing a right reading image on a positive material shot in the camera such as CIBACHROME-IN-CAMERA.
360mm F9 Apo Nikkor, coated, barrel, lens has filter slot that accepts included gel filter holder, Mint, $450
360mm F9 Apo Nikkor, coated, barrel, lens has filter slot that accepts gel filter holders, includes several gel filter holders, customizable stop set, round diaphragm, and square diaphragm, boxed, except for a couple of slight cleaning wisps, Mint-, $650. Not only do you have a square diaphragm in addition to the round diaphragm, but you may rotate that square diaphragms with a calibrated rotation scale. From rear of lens: round diaphragm scale calibrated in 1/3 F-stops, filter slot rotating cover, square diaphragm scale, square diaphragm rotating scale calibrated in 5 degree increments. The advantages of the rotating square diaphragm: 1) elimination of image degrading non image forming light, 2) formation of square or, if rotated, diamond shaped dots in your printing plate. In some situations in ordinary photography where you may see the shape of the diaphragm in the form of flare--you could have a square or diamond shaped flare artifact instead. The blank stops may be cut to any shape diaphragm opening you want.
360mm f9 Grafic Kowa, coated, Copal #3s, with lensshade, very wide coverage and very sharp, if you want prestige--buy a Gold Dot Dagor, if you want a lens that will perform as well--buy this lens, NEW-IN-BOX, $650. These lenses are convertible and may be used in combination with other focal lengths from other Grafic Kowa lenses to provide intermediate focal lengths. Consider buying this lens in shutter and one of the 305mm Grafic Kowa lenses listed above in barrel and using the lenses convertibly in the same shutter. The combination of one element from the 360mm lens and one element from a 305mm lens yields a 330mm focal length. A 240mm F9 Grafic Kowa lens will also screw directly into a #3s Copal and work convertibly with the 305 and 360mm Grafic Kowa lenses. 2 available.
Prism for use with lens ~66mm outside front barrel diameter maximum, came in with 15" (382mm) Apo Raptar, with mount, Mint optics, Ex+ exterior, $30
Prism for use with lens ~63mm outside front barrel diameter maximum, Ex, $30
420mm F9 Rodenstock Apo Ronar, multicoated, in the latest Compur 3 shutter with aperture control accessory, click stops at 1/3 F-stops. Covers 11X14 @ F22, more stopped down. The diaphragm stops down to F90. Extremely well corrected lens. The aperture control accessory allows you to set the aperture from working position behind the camera. The preset aperture control accessory is quite rare as well as quite useful. I have an aperture control accessory available by itself listed on my View Camera lens shutters web page. Mint, $900 What you see in the 2nd image is a view from behind the camera of the preset aperture control. The left pointer indicates that the lens is fully open at F9. The right pointer indicates that the lens is preset for F90; push down on the aperture control device and the lens will stop down to F90.
480mm F9 Rodenstock Apo Ronar, coated, barrel, stops down to F260, filter slot, 1/4" scratch front element, otherwise Ex, $200
480mm F9 Rodenstock Apo Ronar CL, coated, barrel with diaphragm and slot for filters, with slide in gel filter holder. The Apo Ronar CL is Rodenstock's best Apochromatic lens. The Apo Ronar CL is recommended for map making and other situations that call for higher resolution. Mint-, $600
480mm f11 Goerz Red Dot Apo Artar, coated, barrel, front reversing prism, the prism has protected the front element, Mint-, $650. I have the front cover ring for this lens. It screws onto the lens front and covers the external threads that the prism screws onto.
481mm. See 303mm F7 B&L Protar VII convertible to 481mm and 592mm
592mm. See 303mm F7 B&L Protar VII convertible to 481mm and 592mm
600mm f9 Apo Tessar, coated, barrel, filter slot, slight dent front rim near "Carl," a few tiny bubbles in glass, barrel Ex, $325
Goerz wood case for 24" Artar, Ex+, $40, another, solid, no problems other than a few marks on the finish, Ex, $35
Goerz waterhouse stop for 24" Artar (I do not have a 24" Artar in stock to check it), came in above case, 0.028" diameter aperture (F857), Ex, $25
635mm F10 Taylor, Taylor, Hobson & Cooke Apochromatic Process Anastigmat, in barrel with diaphragm, filter slot, also with removable front filter holder that reveals a threaded front end. Inscribed on lens: "25 INCH 635mm SERIES IX COOKE APOCROMATIC PROCESS LENS No 459160" With leather front lens cap. Ex, $300
765mm (30") F12.5 Red Dot Apo Artar, coated, barrel, some extremely slight scratches will in no way affect performance, otherwise Ex+, $2000 Note: for lens neatly mounted on Sinar Norma lensboard with extension to allow lens to clear Sinar shutter, add $200. The spacer ring between the flange and the lensboard has now been black anodized.
CP Goerz wood case for 30" Artar, Ex+, $50
890mm F11 Apo Nikkor with lens shade and front and rear caps. A little dust between the elements because this has an opening with a cover for the installation of gel filters and special diaphragms, otherwise beautiful glass and barrel. Finding one of these lenses with the lens shade is rare. It is the 1st Apo Nikkor lens I have had with the lens shade. It comes with the original box for the lens shade. Please note that more than half the size of this lens is the lens shade. No flange. $1000. I can manufacture a flange for this lens for $175. The lens shade retaining ring will also fit the lens rear and serve as a jamb nut to hold the lens on a lens board. I bought the lens in order to use it as a long focus lens with a 35mm and/or a digital camera. Until I find time to do that work, the lens is available. Will add photos of lens upon demand or as time allows. Lens weighs 9#.
The paragraph below is copied from a 1951 C. P. Goerz American Optical Company catalog.
And, quoting from a 1919 Wollensak catalog, "Air bubbles are not, as is often thought, a defect in photographic lenses. In fact, while they are more apparent in the highest type of lens, they seldom appear in the cheaper grades. Bubbles are caused by the necessity of fusing the optical glass used in making lenses of high quality at a certain temperature, whether all bubbles have risen to the surface or not, in order to maintain certain optical properties. Such bubbles absolutely do not impair the definition or lessen the efficiency of a lens in the slightest degree."
How to clean your lenses. Virtually all lenses will pick up a film over time. Our atmosphere is far from pristine. Any lens shipped via diesel trucks, jet fueled planes, etc. will likely pick up a film. It is not good to clean lenses any more than necessary. In case you do not know how to clean lenses: 1st make sure any dirt or debris that could scratch the lens is not on either the lens or the tissue. Inspect the lens surface for dirt by looking at it with light reflected off of its surface as well as through it. Do not hesitate to inspect with a magnifying lens. Put the lens cleaning fluid onto some tissue, not on the lens. If you put the cleaning fluid onto the lens or if you use excessive fluid, the fluid may work its way down around the edges of the lens and may affect the cemented layer. Start in the middle and work your way out to the edges. Rub lightly at 1st feeling for any dirt you may have missed. Do not grind dirt into the lens; you will likely scratch it. After cleaning the lens, use a 2nd piece of fresh tissue to pick up a little moisture still left on the lens and finish the job; you want a little moisture on the tissue to act as a lubricant. Denatured alcohol is a good lens cleaner if commercial photographic lens cleaning solutions are not available. Oftentimes, either will not clean some films off of lenses. I have found that one's breath does a good job of cleaning such stubborn films off of lenses and have used this technique for decades without problems. I have read that one's breath is not good for lenses according to one manufacturer of lens cleaning solution, but then that manufacturer's business is selling cleaning solution. I will continue to use my breath only when lens cleaning solution does not do the job. Recently I was cleaning some tele-extenders that had some small spots on them that may have been tree sap. Neither alcohol nor my breath would remove those spots, but the lens cleaner illustrated below did. Acetone can be used as a lens cleaner for some substances, but be aware that it will soften paint and maybe some plastics, so best to use it on a Q-tip only to remove stubborn spots on the lens surface away from the barrel. Do not use your shirt or whatever is available to clean your lenses. Use only high quality lens cleaning tissue. Kodak is a good brand if still available. I use some vintage tissue from the American Optical Company. Center filters may have something like a silver coating on them which may scratch and/or oxidize easily. Be especially careful with older lenses. Some very old lenses are quite resistant to scratches; other older lenses are particularly prone to being scratched, a prime example being Kodak Commercial Ektar lenses and other lenses of about the same vintage. That is why you will rarely find a perfect Commercial Ektar. I am suspect of some lenses that do not have scratches because they may have been reworked. I had a particularly bad experience with Pacific Optical Company, who made some lenses look beautiful, but the lenses no longer performed well. Virtually no one is competent to rework lenses today. I would prefer a factory original lens with scratches to a reworked lens any day. Only the original factories had the skilled workers with the specifications, the knowledge, the experience and the equipment to do the job correctly. In the past there were some remanufacturing facilities that did a competent job. Burke & James was one. When B&J reworked a lens, they changed the lens' name to Carl Meyer or Karl Meyer. You have to guess what the lens originally was by other clues. I have a couple of 12" lenses reworked by B&J on this list. They have both been tested and perform exceptionally well and are reasonably priced. Just as American Optical Company said about air bubbles, "......the presence of a few air bubbles does not in any way affect the work of the lens. Their presense is rather a guarantee of quality than otherwise." .....scratches may also be an indication of original factory quality.
