250mm (10 inch) Kodak Wide Field Ektar

[Scott Peters]

Hmmm, just another thought....I actually prefer longer lenses on my 7 x 17, with 300mm being the shortest....seems like you have a pretty good selection for short lenses on 7 x 17....I would strongly consider something longer, like a 450 or 480, or even 600...perhaps an artar or Nikkor 450mm or the fuji's....just a thought...

BTW I have a 16.5 artar and 19 and 24 inch...for landscape, I usually like compression and use longer lenses...on my 7 x 17....

[wfwhitaker]

Protar V?

[jp80874]

I really appreciate all the good advice. I have a Fuji 600C which is as long as I can go with the Phillips (620mm draw) without going tele or top hat. I also have a 450 Nikon M. I have been toying with the idea of a 355 G Claron or 14 inch Dagor to fill the small gap, but wider than 273 has been my priority.

At age 67 my eyes are not as good as I think they used to be so I have stayed away from the Protars thinking the high numbered widest f stop would not let me see much of the gg. I had to give up an RZ67 along the way to 7x17 because I couldn't get enough light on the small gg to focus. Is this a reasonable assumption about the Protar?

Keep the ideas and specific posssibilities coming. Does anyone know of a 240mm f9 Zeiss Dagor? I bid $1500+ on the only one I have seen and was 2nd place. Anyone know of a 240mm Computar/kyvytar or a Kowa that covers?

Thank you,

John Powers

[Curt]

Any info on the 14" Commercial Ektar? I have one but haven't tried it yet. I have found that the Ektars are fairly expensive on eBay these days. I have two 16.5" Artars, one in a Ilex shutter and one in barrel. I don't know if these will cover 7x17 either.

[PHOTOTONE]

THE 14" Commercial Ektar "should" cover 11x14 but being of a Tessar design, would not give you much room for movements. I have never tried mine on my 11x14. As far as being able to see on the ground glass with a small aperture lens, such as a Protar, well I have a 183mm f18 Protar that I have put on my 11x14 and under a dark cloth I find that I can see the image just fine, and I am 56 and have rather aged eyes also.

[PHOTOTONE]

If you are contemplating a 14" (350mm) lens in shutter for 11x14, all the recent major makers (Nikon, Fuji, Schneider, Rodenstock) have 14" lenses that have more than adequate coverage for 11x14, with movements. 14" is considered a somewhat "normal" focal length for 11x14. All of them have been in production long enough to find good used examples at fair prices.

[Scott Peters]

My 16.5" artar will cover 7 x 17 fwiw.

[Curt]

I am 56 and have rather aged eyes also.

That's my age, there are many of us 56 year olds here I believe.