For Sale is a wide angle lens and shutter that covers 8x10, 11x14 and 7x17. I use it on 7x17 when I want something between (300mm) 12” Dagor and 250mm Wide Field Ektar. This was custom assembled for me by Tim Sharkey of LensN2shutter of Snohomish, WA. 98291.
Tim wrote, “If 490mm of converage is acceptable to you, I have a 273mm that is Wollensak’s version of the legendary Blue Dot Trigor. I collect Wollensak and have their factory literature on the lens. It like the Trigor is a process Dagor with improved performance with a little sacrificed coverage (from 89 degrees to just 80). Fabulous lens but not a lot of movement on an 11x14/7x17.”
He offered it as a barrel lens or for additional custom work and $, with a shutter, an improvement over the popular Ilex Acme Synchro shutter. He recommended the professional Pi-Alphax f6.8.
Tim Sharkey of LensN2shutter told me I had a choice of the PI-Alphax or an Ilex-Acme. He said the PI-Alphex was more of a professional shutter than the Ilex-Acme back in the day before Copals came in. I took his word for it. I have two lenses in Ilex-Acme and this in PI-Alphax.
It is by far the smoother more reliable in my experience. Neither of my Ilex-Acmes work reliably below 40 degrees F. Both have had CLAs. I have had no problem with the PI-Alphex including images of the OH & Erie canal with snow in them.
It is amazingly small and light. For scale I photographed it with a quarter on the lens cap. That still didn’t seem an understandable reference so I put it next to an 8x10 Schneider 300mm APO-Symmar. Schneider makes wonderful lenses but they can be a little large and heavy.
For landscape work this is ideal, light-weight, adequate coverage and sharp as a tack. 490mm is not enough excess coverage for 7x17 architectural swings, tilts, rise and fall, but it would be huge for 8x10. 8x10 needs 300mm-310mm for coverage without movement. 490mm would give acres of movement for swings, tilt, rise and fall.
The lens is clear and free of all blemishes. The shutter works smoothly at all speed settings, 1, 2, 5, 10, 25. 50, B and T. It opens from f6.8 - f64. Both lens caps and the retaining ring are included.
For those that don’t know me, I am John Powers: 565 posts LF Forum since April 2001; JP80874 on Apug 3,490 posts since July 2004; JP80874 on eBay 851 transactions, 100% positive feedback; Facebook 707 Friends.
$599 plus $25 for Sinar lens board cut to shutter hole size, plus insurance and shipping from Zip 44210, plus Paypal 3%. Paypal as a gift has no 3% fee. US Bank Cashier’s check or postal money order welcome.
Thank you for your interest.
John Powers
Tim wrote, “If 490mm of converage is acceptable to you, I have a 273mm that is Wollensak’s version of the legendary Blue Dot Trigor. I collect Wollensak and have their factory literature on the lens. It like the Trigor is a process Dagor with improved performance with a little sacrificed coverage (from 89 degrees to just 80). Fabulous lens but not a lot of movement on an 11x14/7x17.”
He offered it as a barrel lens or for additional custom work and $, with a shutter, an improvement over the popular Ilex Acme Synchro shutter. He recommended the professional Pi-Alphax f6.8.
Tim Sharkey of LensN2shutter told me I had a choice of the PI-Alphax or an Ilex-Acme. He said the PI-Alphex was more of a professional shutter than the Ilex-Acme back in the day before Copals came in. I took his word for it. I have two lenses in Ilex-Acme and this in PI-Alphax.
It is by far the smoother more reliable in my experience. Neither of my Ilex-Acmes work reliably below 40 degrees F. Both have had CLAs. I have had no problem with the PI-Alphex including images of the OH & Erie canal with snow in them.
It is amazingly small and light. For scale I photographed it with a quarter on the lens cap. That still didn’t seem an understandable reference so I put it next to an 8x10 Schneider 300mm APO-Symmar. Schneider makes wonderful lenses but they can be a little large and heavy.
For landscape work this is ideal, light-weight, adequate coverage and sharp as a tack. 490mm is not enough excess coverage for 7x17 architectural swings, tilts, rise and fall, but it would be huge for 8x10. 8x10 needs 300mm-310mm for coverage without movement. 490mm would give acres of movement for swings, tilt, rise and fall.
The lens is clear and free of all blemishes. The shutter works smoothly at all speed settings, 1, 2, 5, 10, 25. 50, B and T. It opens from f6.8 - f64. Both lens caps and the retaining ring are included.
For those that don’t know me, I am John Powers: 565 posts LF Forum since April 2001; JP80874 on Apug 3,490 posts since July 2004; JP80874 on eBay 851 transactions, 100% positive feedback; Facebook 707 Friends.
$599 plus $25 for Sinar lens board cut to shutter hole size, plus insurance and shipping from Zip 44210, plus Paypal 3%. Paypal as a gift has no 3% fee. US Bank Cashier’s check or postal money order welcome.
Thank you for your interest.
John Powers
