help with some HUGE brass lenses

[eddie gunks]

thanks gandolfi! this info helps! i appreciate your input. that first hermagis you posted looks very nice....maybe you do need to buy it! oh! what is the focal length for your Nr 3?

you will all be happy to know that i have contacted my friend who has a newly acquired 20x24. i plan to meet up with him and see what these babies will do! based on what gandolfi said about his covering 16x20 am am looking forward to seeing this baby light the corners of a 20x24. we can only hope. it may take a few weeks to set it all up but stay tuned.

cheers

eddie

[gandolfi]

Eddie, you're welcome.
My Hermagis is a 540mm (about 21.5inch). Nr3 series II

it is a beauty.

[jimgalli]

The Dallmeyer 2A has a new home in Tonopah. Threads on the flange also matched my Dalmeyer 3B which had no flange before. It would start and them bind after about 1/4 turn. It was also binding badly on the 2A. I got some coarse valve lapping compound and started working working working those threads. Now it is very smooth on the 2A and the 3B makes it over half way. I'll get a picture for you later this week. This 2A is the patent petzval of 13.5 inch focal length. Perfect for a little walk around 8X10!