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Zenobia Lens Questions


jim_richey

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The Daiichi Zenobia 6x4.5 folding cameras were available with either a Hesper or Neo-Hesper lens. Does anyone know the difference between these lenses. Are these lenses 3-element or 4-element lenses? Are the optics coated? How is the image quality? Thanks.
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  • 11 months later...

Well, I can tell you that the Hesper lens in my Zenobia is a four element lens, because I took it apart to try and clean a hazy lens element. I had heard someone suggesting that the Hesper was a 3 element and the Neo-Hesper a 4 element, but apparently this theory is incorrect.

 

Jim Thomas

jwthomas@erols.com

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  • 1 year later...

Better late than never. The Hesper lens is a four element lens in my Zenobia and I can tell you the image quality is quite good. Somewhere

between a Tessar and a Zeiss Novar. The camera is a bit of a dark horse and the sutter is quite snappy.

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