Help me identify this lens.

[photomem]

I received it in a batch of darkroom stuff. It says Astragon 1:4.5 f=180mm. It is mounted on a lens board measuring 5" by about 6 3/4". I have no use for such a lens and have researched it with plans to sell it, looks like it may have been made by Fuji, though I am not sure.

Pictures are attached.. anyone have an idea.. or better yet.. anyone want to buy it?

Thanks.

[Dave Pritchard]

Well, you already know it's an Astragon. You know the focal length. What else do you need to know? It is a Japanese lens. There is some noise floating out there that says it was made by a smallish lens manufacturer in Japan. They do not have a particular reputation that I've found. I have one, a Commercial Astragon 210mm in a Copal #1 shutter. I got it with a LF camera. I have not used it yet, so can't comment on the quality of even one of them.

[Mike1234]

Made by Yamasaki, I think. They also make the Congo line.