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"Aristostigmat" ???
unfortunately, "Ektar" was simply a trade name designating the better quality Kodak lenses, rather than a description of the lens formula/design ;-( Richard Knoppow's comment of 27 Mar 2002 cited on that page makes this observation too. So while all Tessars should be 4 elements, all Ektars are not tessars, and so some could be triplets as Feininger states (the cited source for the listing). For example, the 105mm f/3.7 Ektar is a three element Heliar (again, from mf/ektar.html pages), the famous kodak medalist ektar has 5 elements for 6x9cm RF, the 45mm f/2 ektar on the kodak bantam special (28x40mm) had 6 elements, and so on. But I will add a note with your comments to the page on the next update cycle, highlighting this point some more ;-) regards bobm -- ************************************************** ********************* * Robert Monaghan POB 752182 Southern Methodist Univ. Dallas Tx 75275 * ********************Standard Disclaimers Apply************************* |
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"Aristostigmat" ???
Need anything looked-up ... I got the vade mecum right here, no sweat. Oh, and thanks for the reference to your page, very useful. And thanks for the .xls table for download too. This cult of lens formulas has me gripped. Know any other good reference sites? Alex |
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"Aristostigmat" ???
Hum..? I thought a Heliar was 5 elements. I also thought the 100/3.5 (Medalist)
and 105/3.7 Ektars (Press Cameras) were pretty much the same optical design. In fact, I had heard that they were really the same lens, despite the slightly different numbers on the label, just differing in the mount. Bob Monaghan wrote: For example, the 105mm f/3.7 Ektar is a three element Heliar (again, from mf/ektar.html pages), the famous kodak medalist ektar has 5 elements for 6x9cm RF |
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"Aristostigmat" ???
yes, that's right; it is a triplet but with cemented elements at each end (in one reference anyway), so it does have five elements in 3 groups... in any case, the point is that "Ektar" doesn't refer to lens element/group configuration (cf. Tessar) but rather to a branding by Kodak of its better lens with this name ;-) -- ************************************************** ********************* * Robert Monaghan POB 752182 Southern Methodist Univ. Dallas Tx 75275 * ********************Standard Disclaimers Apply************************* |
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"Aristostigmat" ???
"AArDvarK" wrote in message news:5p98c.2063$1I5.1412@fed1read01...
Mr. Knoppow, what do you think of the book "A lens collector's vade mecum" ? at this site: http://members.aol.com/dcolucci/ any comments on it? Alex PMFJI. Incomplete, inaccurate, infuriating, internally inconsistent, desperately needs to be worked over by a good copy editor, and quite useful. By the way, it is not necessary to quote the entire damn message string. Cheers, Dan |
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"Aristostigmat" ???
"Dan Fromm" PMFJI. Incomplete, inaccurate, infuriating, internally inconsistent, desperately needs to be worked over by a good copy editor, and quite useful. By the way, it is not necessary to quote the entire damn message string. Cheers, Dan That is exactly what I wound-up thinking ... some lenses I would like to know about are merely "mentioned" only. And no image circles are given. Not too hot but I wouldn't dump the book either. Alex |
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