ellis_vener_photography Posted February 9, 2000 Share Posted February 9, 2000 Just curious: Has any company ever made a zoom lens for a large format camera? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill7 Posted February 9, 2000 Share Posted February 9, 2000 I once mounted wheels on my tripod and tried zooming about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean_yates Posted February 9, 2000 Share Posted February 9, 2000 Didn't Schneider make a lens called the "zoomar" or somethhing for enlargers? No, seriously I am not making this up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug_paramore2 Posted February 9, 2000 Share Posted February 9, 2000 Sean is correct, but I can't remember if it was a Schnieder or something else. I remember photographers mounting that lens in a shutter and using it as a camera lens.If there was one made specifically for large format cameras it was short lived.Wouldn't it be neat to have a small, lightweight zoom of 90mm to 300mm with great resolution and costing about $300. However, a zoom that size would be about the size of a bus and probably cost more. It's nice to dream.Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick_chase Posted February 10, 2000 Share Posted February 10, 2000 Voightlander made a lens called the "zoomar". Could that be what Seanrefers to (it had a horrible reputation, IIRC). <p> -- Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony_brent Posted February 10, 2000 Share Posted February 10, 2000 When you consider the price of a 25-250 Angenieux for motion picture cameras being well beyond my yearly income, I dont even want to think about what one that would cover 8x10 from 150mm to 600mm would run. I dont think I could lift it even if I could afford it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellis_vener_photography Posted February 10, 2000 Author Share Posted February 10, 2000 What I had in mind was something like a 120 to 250 mm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan1 Posted February 11, 2000 Share Posted February 11, 2000 Voigtlander's "Zoomar" lens was the first zoom for 35mm camera, not LF; 35-70mm or something like that. Incidentally, I think it was not even made by Voigtander but by an American optical firm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellis_vener_photography Posted February 11, 2000 Author Share Posted February 11, 2000 So i take it the answer is....NO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean_yates Posted February 12, 2000 Share Posted February 12, 2000 I swear I saw Photogrphic systems in New Mexico or was it Midwest Photo in Ohio selling one in their darkroom section..... <p> please, I don't wanna dig throught all the back issues of View Camera to find it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
øyvinddahle Posted August 21, 2002 Share Posted August 21, 2002 Tamron 155-195mm/8. Maybe no diagrahm, no shutter. I saw one on Ebay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason_greenberg_motamedi Posted August 22, 2002 Share Posted August 22, 2002 If you can find (or afford) it, take a look at R. Kingslake's History of the Photographic Lens (1989, Academic Press), especially chapter 11, "Varifocal and Zoom lenses". While most of the lenses he describes are Movie or Video lenses, he does mention a few varifocal lenses for LF, such as one made by Dallmeyer in the 1890s. It also seems that a number of the early portrait lenses were varifocal. Of course, none of these lenses would be terribly high quality, compared to a modern plasmat, or even a cheap 35mm zoom. As I recall, somewhere on SK Grimes's webpage he shows the front mounting of some sort of LF zoom lens. In any case, if interested, the Kingslake book makes a great read! I just finished it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason_greenberg_motamedi Posted August 22, 2002 Share Posted August 22, 2002 After reexamining Kingslakes' book, I would like to note that Zeiss produced the wonderfully named 'Tele-Tubus' in 1896 (Kingslake 1989:136), a varifocal lens which is perhaps related to the teletubbies that my son is so (unfortunately) fond of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason_greenberg_motamedi Posted August 22, 2002 Share Posted August 22, 2002 sorry to keep popping up... SK Grimes has a 500 - 1000mm Plaubel Tele - Peconar, what ever that is, listed on/at http://www.skgrimes.com/fits/index.htm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhananjay_n Posted August 22, 2002 Share Posted August 22, 2002 Dallmeyer made a lens called the Adon, which was originally designed to be used as a supplementary lens (add-on) to be used in front of another lens to increase the focal length, but they found that the lens provided a decent image by itself (by pre 1890 astigmatic standards, at any rate) and was then marketed as a variable focal length lens. You varied the bellows length to vary the focus and varied the distance between the elements to focus. Interesting in its own way.... Cheers, DJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_photo Posted October 20, 2002 Share Posted October 20, 2002 I have a similar Plaubel Tele Peconar to the one at skgrimes.com but haven't front mounted it to a shutter. I can't find much information on this lens but it seems to be of variable focal length. I am in the process of making a webpage on this lens because of my fascination with it. I use it on a Speed Graphic but I don't have enough bellows to use it at all settings. I don't know if it could be considered a zoom but it's very versatile. When I have more info on this I'll post it. This photo is of the same lens at skgrimes. Mine has numbers from 3 to 8.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_salomon Posted October 20, 2002 Share Posted October 20, 2002 And multi focal length lenses for enlargers are not rare. The current one from Rodenstock is the Vario Rodago for 35mm and APS film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_photo Posted October 27, 2002 Share Posted October 27, 2002 I still don't think the Tele Peconar is a zoom but a variable focal length telephoto. If it could be focused and the focus followed the change in focal length it could be considered a zoom. From my initial tests I've determined that the approximate focal length when set to "3" is 9-5/8 inches and when set to "8" it is about 55 inches!! Needless to say, my Speed Graphic doesn't have the bellows draw to fully use this but I will find a way. The most I've been able to use it is at setting "5". What is interesting is the design in which the barrel extends. At setting "3" the front elements are further apart than the rear. At setting "8" the front elements are closer to the rear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_photo Posted August 8, 2003 Share Posted August 8, 2003 <html>I've since gotten a Dallmeyer Adon but haven't used it much yet. It came with a great old book "Telephotography" 1947 reprint. I've also put a page together on the Tele Peconar with some example photos.<br> <a href="http://www.syzygyst.com/JoePhoto/tpec/index.htm">Joe Photo's Guide to the Tele Peconar</strong></a> </html> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edincam Posted August 14, 2005 Share Posted August 14, 2005 Hi I just bought a Tele-Tubus on ebay UK it can still be viewed put a search for Tele-Tubus the lens hood is not part of it and I am still trying to find more info Edincam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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