Re: ULF lens wanted

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From: "SteveS" <sgshiya@redshift.com>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 12:57 AM
Subject: Re: ULF lens wanted

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> From: "Judy Seigel" <jseigel@panix.com>
> Subject: ULF lens wanted
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> -snip-
>>He's looking for Gertz Dagor (or one or the other if they
>>hadn't joined yet), or I think he said Helior, or some
>>classic like that to use on a 20x24 inch camera. Judy
>>
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> Did your friend find his lens? Dagor, by the way, is an
> anogram for Double Anastagmatic [by] Goerz. It's a
> design. While the lenses were made by Goerz, after time,
> the design was remanufactured at the request [read
> financed by] Doug Bush for his big camera. The camera
> failed because of the weight. In my opinion, the heavier
> the large camera, the better because they're steady; but
> there's a limit to its weight -- in a practical sense --
> due to the size and shake from breezes or even shutter
> release.
>
> Steve Shapiro
   I think that rigidity is more important than weight. In
fact, a light but rigid structure will be stronger and less
vibration prone than a heavy one. The sensitivity of the
camera and stand or tripod in combination to vibration is a
bit complex. Wind generated vibration adds even another
problem.

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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA
dickburk@ix.netcom.com