Laack 3.9 13,5cm ?

Kevin Roach · Nov 10, 2005

I got it in a box of other stuff.

Laack Rathonow Anastigmat Pololyt 1=3.9 F=13.5cm
It's in a compur dial set shutter.

I found a couple on ebay that sold for nothing, less than $10. But each of those was an 6.8 lens. Is the 3.9 worth more than 10 bucks. Is it worth using? lens and shutter are in nice shape.

Kevin Roach · Nov 10, 2005

and does this kind of thing happen to everyone? Old lenses seem to attract to you? Like stickleburrs?

I got voigtlanders, and kodak anastigmats. half a paragon, optars and graftars breeding in my camera cabinet. lens caps, boards, filters and shades that don't fit any of my lenses. Broken shutters and solenoids.

What do you do with all this stuff? Should I just close my eyes and throw it all in the trash?

medform-norm · Nov 10, 2005

Kevin Roach said:
and does this kind of thing happen to everyone? Old lenses seem to attract to you? Like stickleburrs?

I got voigtlanders, and kodak anastigmats. half a paragon, optars and graftars breeding in my camera cabinet. lens caps, boards, filters and shades that don't fit any of my lenses. Broken shutters and solenoids.

What do you do with all this stuff? Should I just close my eyes and throw it all in the trash?

Well, if you trash it, can I have your trash and pick out some bits and pieces? Maybe some of your shades fit some of our lenses?

Better still: sell it on APUG! We ought to have a 'thriftstore corner' for things like this.

Donald Qualls · Nov 10, 2005

Well, Kevin, if you decide to trash your Rathenow, let me know; I'd send you postage for it... For that matter, I'd like a chance at *anything* lens related you're planning to trash...

medform-norm · Nov 10, 2005

Kevin Roach said:
I got it in a box of other stuff.

Laack Rathonow Anastigmat Pololyt 1=3.9 F=13.5cm
It's in a compur dial set shutter.

I found a couple on ebay that sold for nothing, less than $10. But each of those was an 6.8 lens. Is the 3.9 worth more than 10 bucks. Is it worth using? lens and shutter are in nice shape.

Okay Kevin, the LVM says: "Pololyt Anastigmat 3.9 135mm: This was noted at No122,32x on a Certotrop 9x12cm camera" - so, all you gotta do is find a Cetrotrop 9x12 cm camera, reunite it with your lens and start shooting some sheet films. Do these Cetrotrops come on eBay as well for $10???

Dan Fromm · Nov 10, 2005

Kevin Roach said:
I got it in a box of other stuff.

Laack Rathonow Anastigmat Pololyt 1=3.9 F=13.5cm
It's in a compur dial set shutter.

I found a couple on ebay that sold for nothing, less than $10. But each of those was an 6.8 lens. Is the 3.9 worth more than 10 bucks. Is it worth using? lens and shutter are in nice shape.

Is it worth using?

Why don't you ask it? I mean, usability depends on condition as well as how well the lens was regarded when new.

IIRC, its a triplet, but, again, you can ask it if it is one.

Paul Sorensen · Nov 10, 2005

Kevin Roach said:
and does this kind of thing happen to everyone? Old lenses seem to attract to you? Like stickleburrs?

I got voigtlanders, and kodak anastigmats. half a paragon, optars and graftars breeding in my camera cabinet. lens caps, boards, filters and shades that don't fit any of my lenses. Broken shutters and solenoids.

What do you do with all this stuff? Should I just close my eyes and throw it all in the trash?

I think Ole has a similar problem but it appears that he jsut gives in and uses the things. Fortunately, I personally don't have such an issue, but we have similar problems with broken timers and the like at the darkroom. They absolutely do breed.

Whiteymorange · Nov 10, 2005

Kevin Roach said:
and does this kind of thing happen to everyone? Old lenses seem to attract to you? Like stickleburrs?

I got voigtlanders, and kodak anastigmats. half a paragon, optars and graftars breeding in my camera cabinet. lens caps, boards, filters and shades that don't fit any of my lenses. Broken shutters and solenoids.

What do you do with all this stuff? Should I just close my eyes and throw it all in the trash?

A man either has to own a barn or live on a boat. Nothing in between makes sense. You got stuff, I got stuff, all God's children got stuff.

Think about it... What else will the executors of our wills have to do with their time? There will have to be lots of little boxes of indefinable stuff to sort and pass on. Glory in it and make pictures.

Mongo · Nov 10, 2005

I've got a Laack Rathonow Anastigmat Pololyt 13.5cm f/4.5 in my posession; I paid virtually nothing for it. It's a triplet, and has a wonderful "old world" character to it. I wouldn't use it for color or on a bright day without a shade, but there is something very nice about old, uncoated lenses for B&W landscape work. The shutter you have is a nice one if it's functioning properly, and the lens might cover 4x5 stopped down; my f/4.5 definately does. I'd keep it just for the shutter, and throw it on a 4x5 sometime just to see what you get in the way of an image. You might have something useful for landscapes, or for "forgiving" portraits.

Ole · Nov 10, 2005

Paul Sorensen said:
I think Ole has a similar problem but it appears that he jsut gives in and uses the things. Fortunately, I personally don't have such an issue, but we have similar problems with broken timers and the like at the darkroom. They absolutely do breed.

"Problem"? What "problem"?

I do tend to attract strange old lenses, yes...
Some of them I've even searched for, like the 1947 Schneider Angulon 210mm f:6.8. It had to be a pre-1949 one, since I wanted it for the 500mm image circle which disappeared when the formula was recalculated. It works - on 30x40cm!

Also my latest "big ones" - No. 6 and No 8 Rapid Aplanats are useful if you have a big camera. The 180mm Dagor which I got dirt cheap from Russia will do nicely on the ca. 1900 German 13x18cm "Reisekamera".

And so on and on - I admit there are some I haven't found a use for (yet) like the set of "lense de Pays", or the stunningly beautiful Busch Weitwinkel-Aplanat No.3. But at least that one is stunningly beautiful

Struan Gray · Nov 11, 2005

I have a fascination with old technology, and experience physical pain when I see oddball equipment, once at the cutting edge of the possible, junked for scrap. I, and a few others like me, haunt the departmental dumpsters looking for gems. I recently bought a 100 year old brass lens, and it's a lovely thing to fondle. I can feel the first symptoms of Tjugen's Syndrome a-creeping upon me.

Now I need a lens cap and a flange, preferably brass, so I have the perfect excuse to get my hands dirty in the darker corners of eBay looking for scavangeable acessories. Perhaps we could get Sean to set up a junk clearing house on APUG, where small items could be passed on for the cost of postage or trade.

Anyone want an Ilex 3? Will trade for brass.

medform-norm · Nov 11, 2005

Struan Gray said:
Perhaps we could get Sean to set up a junk clearing house on APUG, where small items could be passed on for the cost of postage or trade.

Exactly my feelings! We could call it the 'card board box corner', or something along those lines. The name should reflect all the dusty/grimey grubiness that comes with searching in dark and derelict corners of the photographic universe, where the left over lens caps, shades, cable releases, loose knobs, screws, old shutters, scruffy triplets, flange mounts (yes please!) migrate to at one point in their career. We, for instance, need slip-on lens caps of 94mm for a giant Portrait-Euryplan, or a 76mm lens cap for the Speedic that has sprung back to live thanks to Phfitz. But we're not going to bend over backwards to pay $$$ for them, nor do we have time for DIY-ing them. I'm sure there are tons of people with Tjugolitis or Galli Syndrome who have similar needs. Like Struan, like Kevin, maybe even like Laz or like Uptown Murray.

Struan Gray · Nov 11, 2005

"Bizarre Bazaar" might make for some interesting new members.

The Luftwaffe photos have been transferred to Keele University. None online, yet, but there's contact information here: www.evidenceincamera.co.uk.

Ole · Nov 11, 2005

medform-norm said:
... where the left over lens caps, shades, cable releases, loose knobs, screws, old shutters, scruffy triplets, flange mounts (yes please!) migrate to at one point in their career. ...

That's the bottom shelf of my "display" cabinet. Lens caps, shades, at least two cable releases, screws, old shutters, scruffy triplets, 2/3 of an Angulon, flange mounts, lens boards, plate backs for Linhof, other odd backs, plate holder adapters for newer Linhof backs (!), and quite a few unidentified items... But no loose knobs.

medform-norm · Nov 12, 2005

Ole said:
But no loose knobs.

No loose knobs? Not even a single one?

Yoohoo, c'mon people, over here!

Ole's collection is not complete without some loose knobs. Everybody send your spares over to Norway and help Ole to fill up this gap.

Ole, tell me, how does it feel to be missing loose knobs?

laz · Nov 12, 2005

medform-norm said:
No loose
Ole's collection is not complete without some loose knobs. Everybody send your spares over to Norway and help Ole to fill up this gap.

What a great opportunity to help a great fellow APUGer!

Hang in there Ole, we've gotten a shipping container set up over here and knobs are pouring in from all over the country! Boat sails next Thursday. Sorry we couldn't afford an airlift.

-Bob
Executive Director, KFOI (Knobs for Ole International )

medform-norm · Nov 12, 2005

laz said:
What a great opportunity to help a great fellow APUGer!

Hang in there Ole, we've gotten a shipping container set up over here and knobs are pouring in from all over the country! Boat sails next Thursday. Sorry we couldn't afford an airlift.

-Bob
Executive Director, KFOI (Knobs for Ole International )

Bob, what kept you back mentioning the account at the K&H bank you have opened for the special aid action started by KFOI? People here can donate money for the good cause (of which 3% to APUG of course). I can't wait to hear from Ole personally how happy he is with all our efforts and that he never had such a fantastic X-mas to look forward to.

Ole · Nov 12, 2005

Are you trying to fill up my cabinet with knobs, so I'll have to get rid of the lenses? Won't work!

medform-norm · Nov 12, 2005

Ole said:
Are you trying to fill up my cabinet with knobs, so I'll have to get rid of the lenses?

Yes! We want everything Ole has!

Dan Fromm · Nov 12, 2005

medform-norm said:
Yes! We want everything Ole has!

Please speak for yourself, Norm. I'm sure that Ole's kit is well-suited to his purposes, but its not much good for mine.

I was given a 3"/4.5 Pacific Optical lens today that will make at least as good a doorstop as any of his but even without it I have more stops than doors, more weights than papers. And I don't need knobs either. Unlike some people, I don't lose 'em.

Cheers,

Dan

medform-norm · Nov 12, 2005

Dan Fromm said:
Please speak for yourself, Norm.

Sorry Dan, 'we' was meant as in the two of us who share the user name, not wanting to include others here on the forum.

And, ehm, if you have more stops than doors, well, there is a solution available: get more doors !

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