Looking for info on a lens-Meyer Gorlitz Trioplan 210mm f3.5 with a red"V" marking

I bought this lens soemtime ago when I had my Newton Nueview 4x5 and

upon its arrival found it too large. It measures 3 1/4 inches across

the base and has a threaded adapter as well so maybe it will fit into

two diferent sized shutters?

 

Well I sold the camera awhile back to pursue a bit more 35mm and had

thought I would keep this lens for when I could afrod to go large

format at a later date. I can't find any inforamtion on this

particular lns or whether or not the red"V" is an indicator for its

coating or not. An ebay seller tried to tell me it was an uncoated

lens for a 4x5 without even holding the lens in his hands(obviously)

I had mentioned it in question regaiding a medium foramt he had. I

also feel like going and seeing if it might work somehow with an

RB67. Bored I guess.

 

I figure I can look through seller's games especially when I didn't

start shooting yesterday. What I do know about the lens is what I can

see, and heer it is:

 

Without the adapter ring it is 3 inches across the base(thats a big

shutter needed)

 

With the ring it measures 3 1/2 inches and the thread between the

lens and the adapter is different also.

 

The F stop range is 3.5-32 and it has 19 blades on the aperture. The

aperture almost forms a perfect circle. Theer is definetly a coating

on the front element and the filter ring lettering reads "Meyer

Gorlitz Trioplan 1:3.5/210 Theer is also a "V" in red which ofcourse

I mentioned before.

 

The shaer diameter of the lens leads me to beleive it to be for a

larger format than 4x5(I know with the right lens board it would work

fro 4x5) but I was thinking maybe 8x10. Any help or insight even to

the format it would be used for would be helpful.

Thanks,

Daniel

The Meyer Trioplan is a triplet design lens. From what I recall these lenses have limited coverage, probably about 40 degrees or so open wide, so your lens was probably intended for use with 3x4, although it should cover 4x5 stopped down a bit

 

The large diameter of the lens is due to its speed, not its coverage.

 

The red "V" is indeed a sign that it is coated, and that it was produced post WWII in East Germany.

The lens has an angle of 48° wide open and 57° at f/22, which translates into image circles of 187 and 228mm, respectively. Size and coverage are not really related that much - it is the f/3.5 opening together with the focal length that account for the size. The red "V" is indeed Meyers sign for coating like the Zeiss "T", and probably stands for "Vergütung", the German word for coating.

Hugo Meyer serial no. information (they changed the system in later years):

 

1930: 500 000

 

1935: 675 000

 

1949: 1 000 000

 

1950: 1 200 000

 

1955: 1 600 000

 

1960: 3 000 000

<p>Some shots done on photopaper 13x18cm, with Trioplan 3.5/210 @f3.5 and @f8</p>

<p><img src="http://www.efoto.lt/files/images/8305/igno1.jpg" alt="" width="900" height="650" /><br>

@f3.5</p>

<p><img src="http://www.efoto.lt/files/images/8305/igno2.jpg" alt="" width="900" height="647" /><br>

@f8</p>

<p>Hope someone will find it useful, since I was unable to find any examples on the net.</p>

<p>sorry for the previous post, it looks like the site I post images, does not not want them to be viewed by third parties, so I'am uploading it this time Trioplan 3.5/210 @f4</p><div></div>