Wollensak Verito, Veritar

[jeff_buckels]

Hello All

 

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I have been looking at the Wollensak Verito or Veritar for 8x10 (~14 inch). I have old catalog descriptions of both, but I can't get at what the practical difference between them was meant to be. Anybody know? Thanks.

 

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Jeff Buckels, Albuquerque

[jnanian]

Hi Jeff -

From what I have been able to gather -

the Verito lens was an earlier lens. The Veritos had a maximum

aperture of F4 and the Veritars were F6. The Veritars were

coated and corrected for color photography while the Veritos

weren't. Both achieve soft focus at full aperture and

progressively sharpen as stopped down.

I hope this helps!

- John

[jnanian]

Hi again Jeff - After I pressed "submit" I realized I forgot to post

this -

I am not exactly sure about this but I think the 14" Veritar lenses

can be mounted in a shutter other than a Packard Shutter, while

the 14" Verito lens either has an olde "studio shutter", or it can be

used with a Packard Shutter .... I think....

 

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- John

[david_goldfarb]

That would most likely be true. A 14"/f:4.0 lens wouldn't fit into an

Ilex #5 without losing a stop (though turning it into a 14"/f:5.6 lens

wouldn't necessarily be an unreasonable compromise, in return for

getting a shuttered lens).

[david_oconnor1]

I have the "Wollensak Rochester Verito 14-1/2" Diffused Focus F4"

No. 8585 lens. It is in a Wollensak #4 Studio shutter. The shutter is

built like a tank, with an open-close preview lever, stepless

aperture ring, F4-6-11-16-22-32-45, and a heavy duty pneumatic bulb,

hose, and actuator. No speeds per se, but the shutter stays open

untill you release or the bulb goes leakdown. The lens-barrel is

easily 3.5" wide X 6" deep. Can't comment on performance. The glass

is perfect but I never shot with it (yet).