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Deardorff 4X5 Special

Who knew.  I bought a brass pile of junk a couple of years ago to get the size 4 brass Studio Shutter.  It was a weird mess.  Layed out like a petzval but obviously missing parts and mis-matched.  Today I thought to remove the rear group and put the front doublet in the back like a landscape meniscus.  Good call.  It now focuses at 13" f4 and has a wonderful look on the glass.  Very soft wide open but this was stopped down to about f11.  I have no idea what it is / was!

Posted on Saturday, November 22, 2008 at 11:01PM by Registered CommenterJim Galli | Comments3 Comments

Reader Comments (3)

Beautiful..............both what the lens does, and the camera!!! Stopped down @F11!!!??? I wonder what kind of mojo starts to vibrate @ @F4!!!

November 22, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterJonathan Brewer

Thanks J. I'm sure we shall see. This one might be fun to do some retro architectural things with. Perhaps I'll bring it with me to Los Angeles. It renders lines wonderfully.

November 23, 2008 | Registered CommenterJim Galli

I have friends who rave about their 6 element wonder plasmats -- I just smile. We are very fortunate that lensmakers of the past enjoyed "errors"

Steve

November 23, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterSteve Nicholls

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