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Wollensak 75mm f1.9 lens?

durrIII

New member
I have a very nice Wollensak Oscillo-Anastigmat 75mm f1.9 that I got with the purchase of a 4 x 5 view camera. What is it used for and how much should it sell for? Shutter works at all speeds, blades are clean and glass looks good.

Any help?

Thanks,
Durr
 

Oren Grad

Active member
As the name suggests, the lens was made for taking close-up pictures of oscilloscope screens. It's not useful for 4x5.
 

bensonga

Well-known member
Hi Durr. Now that Oren has told us about the lens.....tells about the 4x5 camera!

Getting back into film and large format? :)

Gary
 

JimCollum

Member
useful is relative. lens doesn't have to be sharp to take interesting images. Take a look thru Jim Galli's site http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/ to see what can be done with 'throwaway' lenses (old meniscus, projector, etc lenses)

Shoot a few sheets at distance and close up, while wide open and see what you can do with it.
 

JimCollum

Member
Jim Galli was kind enough to send it out to me to play around with. I put it on the front of my Ebony, and let the Betterlight rip


IR mode









color in the pet cemetery









b/w in the pet cemetery
 
V

Vivek

Guest
Fabulous stuff, Jim!:thumbs:

I appreciate your lovely contributions very much.:)
 

Jack

Sr. Administrator
Staff member
FWIW, the Oscillo lens may not cover 4x5 at infinity either, but as Jim points out, that doesn't make it not "useful" ... If it's cheap, buy it and make some art with it!
 

JimCollum

Member
some more taken at the local rail yard (Roaring Camp) in Felton
















so, get it mounted and show us some samples!! (mounting doesn't have to be fancy.. i usually use a lensboard with a hole large enough, then a lot of duct tape to keep it in place (these type of lenses seldom come with flanges)
 

Oren Grad

Active member
OK, it's useful, it's useful!

:eek: :salute:

Jim, those are the coolest oscilloscope screens I've ever seen, much more interesting than the ones I used to photograph on Polaroid in undergraduate physics lab ~30 years ago.

:)
 
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