Casket sets, anyone?

[gandolfi]

hi again:
just checked, and yes, the markings "Portrait" is actually a part of the petzval parts - and that makes the portrait longer than in "landscape" mode...

the 5 cells (beautifully made!!) have numbers on them:

F:11
F:17
F:27
F:38
F:38

the sixth one looke slightly different - has no numbers, and looks like a cell to be put at the back of the barrel (?)

8 watehouse stops with the numbers:

2-5-6-7-12-15-18-29 (maybe millimeters? the biggest numbers has the biggest hole)

 

[AmandaTom]

I have 3 casket sets, two of which will cover 4x5 and 5x7. The third is a puzzler. No brand name, bayonet mount, waterhouse stops (has a complete set in the original purple-leather-lined case!), and 6 elements. I am having a flange made for it right now so have not been able to test it. I do know that the barrel is labeled No 6 which I hope means it will cover 8x10, as my other sets are No 3. Each element is paired with a sleeve numbered 2,3,4, and 5. Numbers 6 and 7 have no sleeve and appear to be for the back of the lens since they are gunmetal grey and the other parts are shiny brass. They are nearly 6cm in diameter, so quite large, and no indication of focal length. Of course no instructions.

Anyone care to speculate? And does anyone think it may cover 8x10?

 

[Palaios]

I have two, er, three sets. The first is a Dr. Staeble Polyplast with all elements in a dial-set Compur; great set. The second is a 13x18 Meyer Euryplan VI in a Compur; also a great lens. It came with three out of the four elements; fortunately I had another Euryplan element of the required focal length. The third is a set I cobbled together in the mid 1980s from assorted (eight) B&L RR elements mounted in an Unicum; it covers 9x12 and 13x18; it actually works quite well as all of the elements are extremely clean. I also have some w.w. cells for it and also a Gundlach Pancratic that fits into the shutter. All in all, quite the Satz! Alas, I have not worked out all the focal lengths and f numbers with extreme precision, but all in time, all in time.

 

[Philippe Grunchec]

On my Busch Vademecum Satz 2, the spacers are missing: I guess they are difficult to find... Someone?

 

[Philippe Grunchec]

This is Hermagis Trousse Aplanastigmatique n.5 and it consist of: 2 cells n. 5a, 1 cell n.6, 1 cell n.7
The focal lenghts are: No7=40 cm. (16in), No6=52cm. (20.5in), and No5a= 60cm (24in.) These are symmetrical anastigmats, 3+3 type and possibly Dagor or Collinear types
Maximum combined set of cells is 31 cm (12in), the apertures are both in millimeters and in "modern" aperture starting from f6,8 to 40.

I own a very similar one, but according to an Hermagis catalogue of 1930, the 5 is 535mm, the 6 415mm and the 7 360mm.

 

[David A. Goldfarb]

On my Busch Vademecum Satz 2, the spacers are missing: I guess they are difficult to find... Someone?

Your best option is to have them made by a machinist. They are the same thickness as the lens mount rings. They improve performance at the expense of coverage and can also double as a lens shade when not being used between the cells and the shutter.

 

[Philippe Grunchec]

A machinist here in France would cost me a fortune, I'm afraid...

 

[Dan Fromm]

Have you approached Jean-Marie Collinet?

 

[Philippe Grunchec]

No... Who is he?

 

[Dan Fromm]

No... Who is he?

He's a retired machine shop owner who built a very nice metal 20x24 (I think) in retirement. He posts regularly on galerie-photo.info

 

[Philippe Grunchec]

Thx!