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Dave · Joined: 05 Dec 2003 Posts: 78 Location: Canada

http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3804035713&category=30075

[ This Message was edited by: Dave on 2004-03-20 18:43 ]

t.r.sanford · Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2004 4:24 am Post subject:

My guess is that it is a "Rotelar." I got an f:6.5 270mm. "Rotelar" from Olden Camera & Lens about 20 years ago; they also had an f:4.5 180mm. (both in "Compur" shutters). They said these lenses originally were made for the Graflex "XL." It seems not unlikely that some were rebadged with the Graflex "Tele-Optar" brand.

Nick · Joined: 16 Oct 2002 Posts: 494

Do they have rear elements?

t.r.sanford · Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2004 1:17 pm Post subject:

Mine do, yes.

Dan Fromm · Joined: 14 May 2001 Posts: 2144 Location: New Jersey

t.r.sanford · Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2004 5:23 pm Post subject:

I didn't see a photo on the eBay offer, but perhaps I didn't wait long enough for it to load. The "Rotelars" I got from Olden were complete: front and rear cells, and a "Synchro Compur" shutter in between, with diaphragm.

If the listing is for a front cell only, I still think it might be a "Rotelar," or half of a "Rotelar."

t.r.sanford · Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2004 5:44 pm Post subject:

...I went back and let the pix load. It sure looks like the front cell of my "Rotelar," even to the chromed front flange. I have the feeling that the seller doesn't know what it is, either!

Dave · Joined: 05 Dec 2003 Posts: 78 Location: Canada

Thanks for the learned replies. I was thinking along the same lines-- thought it looked like an incomplete lens, although I didn't know what it was from. Nice paperweight anyway.