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Dick Fish
Joined: 28 Mar 2009 Posts: 2 Location: Northampton, MA
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Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 11:31 pm Post subject: 127mm Kodak Ektar |
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When I began in the news business, I had a Speed Graphic with a great
127mm Ektar. That was 1959. I'd like some help finding a copy of that lens for my current use on my 4x5 Crown. I've checked all of the better known
retailers of used equipment without luck, so any leads will be very much appreciated. _________________ Dick Fish
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bruiser
Joined: 15 Oct 2006 Posts: 260 Location: Northern NSW Australia
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Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 11:33 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Dick, there are several on the major auction site right now. Search under 'ektar' or 'ektar 127mm'. Good luck!!
Cheers,
Bruce |
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Dick Fish
Joined: 28 Mar 2009 Posts: 2 Location: Northampton, MA
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Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 11:42 pm Post subject: Thanks Bruce |
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You are quite right. I found several possibilities. I've bid on one. If the cells are good, I'll have Grimes & Co remount it in a Copal #1. -Dick _________________ Dick Fish
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troublemaker
Joined: 24 Nov 2003 Posts: 715 Location: So Cal
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Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 2:19 am Post subject: |
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Why not just get a nice one in a good Supermatic X shutter. Something about twenty dollar lens in two-hundred dollar shutter doesn't add up. |
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Dan Fromm
Joined: 14 May 2001 Posts: 2120 Location: New Jersey
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Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 10:04 am Post subject: Re: Thanks Bruce |
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Dick Fish wrote: | You are quite right. I found several possibilities. I've bid on one. If the cells are good, I'll have Grimes & Co remount it in a Copal #1. -Dick | Dick, unless it is in a Compur or Prontor ("Mount 370"), having the cells remounted in a #1 won't be cost-effective.
Most 127s were sold in Supermatics, and these shutters don't conform to the Compur/Prontor/Copal standard. |
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glennfromwy
Joined: 29 Nov 2001 Posts: 903 Location: S.W. Wyoming
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Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 6:00 pm Post subject: |
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Supermatic shutters are a pretty reliable old workhorse. Flutot's Camera Repair will do a CLA on it for 50 bucks. Grimes is good but more expensive. It would save you hundreds of dollars. _________________ Glenn
"Wyoming - Where everybody is somebody else's weirdo" |
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