Sunday, August 15, 1976

Goerz Dagor Gold Dot 8 '' 210mm lens Large Format in MINT Condition

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Goerz Dagor Gold Dot 8 '' 210mm lens Large Format
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36cm 4,5 Nicola Perscheid 'Portrait' Uncoated in Barrel


36cm 4,5 Nicola Perscheid, 'Portrait' uncoated in barrel
Price $2900 by Lens and Repro

ERNEMANN TROPICAL KLAPP Camera with RARE ERNOSTAR F2.7 18cm Lens

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ERNEMANN TROPICAL KLAPP w/ RARE ERNOSTAR F2.7 18cm lens
A RARE COLLECTABLE CAMERA WITH HUGE FAST CLASSIC LENS!
Sold by Adam (917) 273-1887
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Sold: US $1,205.00
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1922 ERNEMANN TROPICAL KLAPP Camera - A strut-folding focal plane camera with Polished Teak & Lacquered Brass trim. The camera comes with a 'Super Rare Ernostar 180mm / 18cm F2.7 Lens' and a Ground Glass back.
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CONDITION: The Focal plane shutter & knobs were removed from this camera. The Lens looks good as well as the Polished Wood Body. The camera shows some wear and tear. Some of the brass finish has come off the viewfinder.

Saturday, August 14, 1976

ALPA Zeiss Biogon T* 4.5/38 mm

ALPA Zeiss Biogon T* 4.5/38 mm

ALPA Zeiss Biogon T* 4.5/38 mm

18cm '180mm' f2.7 ERNEMANN ERNOSTAR

18cm '180mm' f2.7 ERNEMANN ERNOSTAR


18cm '180mm' f2.7 ERNEMANN ERNOSTAR
by Lens & Repro


The HOLY GRAIL of "Speed" lenses. 18cm (180mm) f2.7 Ernemann Ernostar in barrel (no shutter) for 4x5.

Ernemann had its own lens design and manufacturing divisions within the company but relied heavily on the leading lens designers of C.P. Goerz and Carl Zeiss Jena which had the major portion of the market. However, Ernemann employed young designer, Ludwig Bertele, who would revolutionize the photographic industry with his high speed Ernostar lens. He later contributed the Sonnar and Biogon families of lenses to Zeiss Ikon.

The ideal way to use this would be on Sinar with Sinar shutter, or on a Speed Graphic w/focal plane shutter, or Graflex SLR (but in this configuration, it only focuses close --top of head to first button or closer), or on any view camera with either packard shutter or lens cap.
The lens is in very good condition, the glass is excellent for its age. It is of course, uncoated. We see maybe one every five years.

Ernostars are what all the other Pentac"s, Aero's, etc strive to be, but only the original has the incredible sharpness, & softness, fabulous out of focus areas, and long tonal scales.

Cooke 197mm f2.5 Cooke Anastigmat, Series X lens - 'Super Rare, Super Speed'

197mm f2.5 (!!!) Cooke Anastigmat, Series X, brl, WOW
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197mm f2.5 (!!!) Cooke Anastigmat, Series X, brl.

by Lens & Repro price $1850
Item Specifics - Item Condition Condition: Used


This is the extremely rare and desirous 197mm f2.5 Cooke "Speed" Anastigmat Series X. It is also referred to in the Cooke catalogue as the "Speedic" series. Normally seen in the 165mm focal length, here is an opportunity to get the more sought after longer lens.
Shoot under almost any low light setting, and get a dynamic in focus / out of focus quality unlike almost any other lens. Beautiful swirls in the out of focus areas, held together by a very sharp selected plane of focus. The lens is in barrel mount, no shutter. It is fairly large: approx.: 3 3/4" high, with a front diameter of 3.5". Flange to rear element dimension is 2.5". Flange hole diameter is about 3.5". The lens is coated. There is a very small (about 4mm) mark on the front and a couple of really small coating imperfections. None of that will matter because the lens will be about its funkiness, and softnesses. The front lip of the barrel was once dented and has now been decently straightened, but it will not take a filter. There were never any in this size anyway. This is a signature lens and will make unique images.

Enjoy it if you can. Another rare & premium optic from the Leader in Large Format lenses, in our 40th year.