Years back I got a Super Graphic with a 135 Optar (Wollensak for Graflex) in a Graphex Full Synchromatic shutter. ( This may be a renamed Wollensak shutter?) The shutter has very good speeds per a test I had done, but the resolution of the lens isn't all that great. I was wondering if I can pickup better glass and use the shutter. It appears to be what I would call a #1 shutter, but I'm sure there are differences. It may be a #2? My needs are something in the 90 to 210mm range. If there was better glass from that era that could be used or adapted to the shutter, I'm am thinking of looking for a lens with a bad shutter and using the elements.

If anyone has a Graphex shutter, could you list your focal length and lens maker if available. At least in this way I would know what was available.


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From the Paine catalog....Typ were 127mm Kodak Ektar f4.7, 135mm Graflex Optar f4.7, Schneider Xenar f4.7, or Symmar f5.6! Good luck trying to find lens cells, they do appear on the auctions occassionally, but usually not the quality you are looking for!
Suggest you sell the one you have, and get a complete shutter/lens with the setup you wish to have! Expensive these days, but unless you wish to use what you have, or grow a long beard waiting to find cells.....Bert