Long lens suggestions copal 0 (4x5)

[removed account4]

look for a 15" tele optar ( aka tele raptar )
and / or a 10" tele raptar ( aka tele optar )
they come up for sale often, and sometimes in shutters

 

[jimgalli]

That's what I thought too, until earlier this year, when I bought one. They're not all alike. My new treasure's cells are too wide fit a #0. Or a #1. Or, even though the cell spacing would be wrong, an Ilex #3. Fat little thing.

Schneider was better than most at using a thread that would fit the available shutters. Yours would likely fit a Compur 2 like the 240 convertible Symmar.

 

[Dan Fromm]

Good suggestion, Jim. I just checked. According to Benoit Suaudeau's site, Compur #2 tube 5/I and /II have female M45.8x40tpi front and rear. My lousy little dial calipers say my lens' cells are 45.8 mm across the threads. The barrel's mount threads are ~ 54 mm across. Another poisoned gift, I'm afraid. From me to me.

 

[DREW WILEY]

Teles are nowhere in the same league optically as some of the primes mentioned. They're bulky, heavy, and useless for close-up. Some of the older tele-xenars weren't even color-corrected. If you need them due to bellows limitation, I understand.

 

[removed account4]

hi drew

the 10+15" tele optars i have are coated and like you said, dont' have bellows "issues" like some lenses.
they are sharp as nails stopped down and i have used the 15 for documentary work photographing hotels
being razed and tripod'd street work, and the short one for portraits. while i don't read up on the latest and greatest
lenses and how various high powered lenses stack up against one another ... the 15" allowed me to make effortless 16x20s and
read the room numbers in the hotel... i've never done extreme close ups with them. i don't do color work with them...

 

[DREW WILEY]

It"s all relative to your needs. Try making a tack sharp 30x40 inch print, or using the same lens for a roll film back and enlarging that to 16X20 or 20x24. The other difference is how certain modern non-tele lenses like Fuji A's and C's, Nikkor M's, and G-Clarons exist in compact lightweight form and mostly in small shutters. This fact in itself increases the odds of less stress and vibration on a front standard - a real advantage!