Wollensak 65mm f6.8 Raptar,

[vysk]

Can anyone tell me or point me to information on the Wollensak 65mm f6.8 Raptar, in regards to performance, and specifications?

Google isn't turning up anything.

....Vick

 

[Steve Goldstein]

Covers 3-1/4 x 4-1/4

http://cameraeccentric.com/html/info/wollensak_14.html

The Camera Eccentric web site has many catalog scans literally from A to Z. Go to cameraeccentric.com, then click on Information in the top banner.

 

[removed account4]

hi vick

i searched a little too ... things in the wollensak catalogs for f6.3 but no t6.8
http://cameraeccentric.com/html/info/wollensak_2.html
from what i remember some of the wollensak 65's were for MF cameras, and do not cover
a 4x5 sheet ( dim corners ? ) and some say they do ( quality control issues ? or different definitions of what "covers" means? )
but others have suggested that they ( 65mm raptar / optars ) are similar to the 65mm angulons
and cover a 4x5 sheet ( illuminate + dim corners ? ) ...
http://www.graflex.org/helpboard/viewtopic.php?t=6306&sid=169c6394881a0c9d7d03cdad451d0811

dan fromm,
one of the posters at the graflex.org thread might be able to give you his take on the lens,
he is a poster here too ( and largeformatphotography.info as well ) ...

good luck !!

john

ps. i bit the bullet and got a used 65mm super angulon a few years ago, too many different variables in finding a cheap / inexpensive lens
that would do what i needed it to do ...

 

[shutterfinger]

in the catalog that Steve linked in his post on catalog page 53, 8th page in the posted catalog pages, it states the 65mm f6.8 is for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 and the 90mm f6.8 is for 4x5. Wollensak did not publish much technical data on their lens.

 

[vysk]

Thanks all