If you have access to a wide angle 2x3 view camera you could probably test
the lens on it. I have a Horseman but it only goes down to about 65mm.
The wooden "Plaubel" type camera discussed a few months ago would probably
be pretty easy to construct. I have an extra roll film holder I could loan
to you or even trade for some odd/interesting gear. You would have to come
up with a focusing screen but with a 2.8 aperture, the image would be pretty
bright on even a frosted piece of glass. If you are interested in shift
lenses the project could be worth the effort. The homemade camera would turn
every lens into a shift lens.
-jeff
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From: "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Lens is a Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 2,8/50 T. It is off a Practika. It has
> an exceptionally deep mount that goes behind the rear element to allow
> some kind of filter, corrector lens, whatever to screw in at the back.
> Problem is not the Fujica, as I tried it on some other brands and models
> at a show/swap meet. Someone suggested that it might fit a Honeywell Hx
> body, but who knows. Mechanical construction is such that the rear
> extension can't be simply cut off. I was interested both to see how good
> such an old first generation coated standard lens might be and to see
> what a 14 blade diaphram did to bokeh. All moot for the moment, as the
> project turned into too much trouble. Too bad, as the glass is perfect
> and it sure operates smoothly since I cleaned and lubed it.
>
> Hey, maybe it will fit on a D300, with the modified mirror action! As a
> true preset design, it should actually be more convienient than an auto
> lens adapted to the EOS mount. Back to the future?
>
> Moose
>
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