Want to Buy Dallmeyer Pentac 8" 2.9

[EASmithV]

I am looking for a Dallmeyer Pentac lens to mount on my Super D for portraiture.

 

[EdSawyer]

Great choice. I have one an a 3x4 RB SuperD converted to 4x5. It just reaches infinity perfectly on that camera, and can focus quite close as well. I tried a lot of lenses on that rig, and that one worked out to the best. Good luck with search. Ebay UK can be useful for finding these.

 

[EASmithV]

I'm trying to install it on a 4x5 super D. It should reach infinity and also clear the mirror box.

 

[EdSawyer]

It will definitely clear the mirror box, since it does on my 3x4 RB. Infinity: hard to say. It just makes infinity on my 3x4 RB, with a home-made front standard and lensboard. The front standard is in the same plane as the stock one, but solid (not recessed) so the mounting face is about 1/4 - 3/8" further out from the film plane than stock. Then the lensboard is about 1/4", so probably total of 1/2 - 5/8" more extension than stock, if that helps. You might need a slightly recessed board, not sure what the front-standard-to-film-plane distance is on the 4x5 RB. good luck

-Ed