This'll clean me out for a while. A group of 4 little petzval lenses that have been hanging around the place and not getting used.
Any one of these could change your photographic style and signature forever. Move from sharp pictures of rocks and trees into stylistic portraits and close-ups with the unique look a fast petzval lens gives.
Let's start with the 5 1/2" f4 Bausch and Lomb's. There are 2 of these. Mostly identical, but one is pretty and still has it's slide in barrel, and the other is ugly and just has the chrome sleeve with the glass groups at either end. Either can produce identical pictures. Both have very good glass. I remember that both have a cleaning sleak or two so not perfect, but nice and clean and able.
These have a design feature that places the rear glass well up inside the barrel. That causes a vignette. On a 4X5 these make a perfect circular picture. 3" diameter with a well defined edge on a sheet of 4X5 film. Very unique! No arguing about square vss rectangular format. Be the only one in your artistic circle making circline petzval signature images! $75 for the better one, $55 for the ugly one.
Next are two lovely little Gundlach Petzvals. Both of these will cover the 4X5 format at infinity. The extra sleeves etc. that you see in the pictures are totally optional. When I use these, I simply make a tight hole, slide the simple lens in place, and finish with a bit of black gaffers tape. Voila.
The better of the 2 is 6 1/4" focus f4.2. It says Simplex which was an old timey movie projector company. Gundlach made these and put Simplex name on them. This one is gorgeous. Perfect (or d@ng close) glass. I think these will swirl under the right circumstances. Gorgeous petzval sharp center and beautiful bokeh no matter what you do with it. $99
The other one is 6 1/2" f4.3 and glass is fine but it does have a weirdness beginning in the front glass. It forms the same image as the perfect one. No effect on the ground glass, but definitely there. Not bad enough that I'd want to try to seperate and re-cement. $65
Probably crazy to blow these out at these prices, but someone will have some fun with these!
Any one of these could change your photographic style and signature forever. Move from sharp pictures of rocks and trees into stylistic portraits and close-ups with the unique look a fast petzval lens gives.
Let's start with the 5 1/2" f4 Bausch and Lomb's. There are 2 of these. Mostly identical, but one is pretty and still has it's slide in barrel, and the other is ugly and just has the chrome sleeve with the glass groups at either end. Either can produce identical pictures. Both have very good glass. I remember that both have a cleaning sleak or two so not perfect, but nice and clean and able.
These have a design feature that places the rear glass well up inside the barrel. That causes a vignette. On a 4X5 these make a perfect circular picture. 3" diameter with a well defined edge on a sheet of 4X5 film. Very unique! No arguing about square vss rectangular format. Be the only one in your artistic circle making circline petzval signature images! $75 for the better one, $55 for the ugly one.
Next are two lovely little Gundlach Petzvals. Both of these will cover the 4X5 format at infinity. The extra sleeves etc. that you see in the pictures are totally optional. When I use these, I simply make a tight hole, slide the simple lens in place, and finish with a bit of black gaffers tape. Voila.
The better of the 2 is 6 1/4" focus f4.2. It says Simplex which was an old timey movie projector company. Gundlach made these and put Simplex name on them. This one is gorgeous. Perfect (or d@ng close) glass. I think these will swirl under the right circumstances. Gorgeous petzval sharp center and beautiful bokeh no matter what you do with it. $99
The other one is 6 1/2" f4.3 and glass is fine but it does have a weirdness beginning in the front glass. It forms the same image as the perfect one. No effect on the ground glass, but definitely there. Not bad enough that I'd want to try to seperate and re-cement. $65
Probably crazy to blow these out at these prices, but someone will have some fun with these!
