Posted by Jim on April 03, 2001 at 17:58:46:
In Reply to: Kodak Ektar 127mm in Grafex shutter posted by Mark Rayborn on January 22, 2001 at 20:41:37:: Hi,
: I had front and rear elements of a Kodak 127mm Ektar.
: I had a 135mm Optar with scratched front lens in
: Grafex shutter. I took out the Optar glass and screwed
: in the Kodak glass. The rear element fits perfectly,
: but the front element bottoms out inside the shutter
: and leaves a small gap between the shutter and the
: rear edge of the front element. Will the front and
: rear elements be spaced properly? If they are, will
: the bed-rail scale for 135mm Optar be fairly accurate,
: or do I need another one?
: Thanks for the help!!
: Mark in MS
Since the air spacing between the front and rear elements (where
the shutter and aperature is in the middle)for the 135mm lens (and
the shutter is threaded for that specific focal length) is
different that the air spacing for the 127 Ektar, if you got it to
work, and to focus correctly with great results, you will be very
lucky. I'm not hopeful.
It seems unlikely this effort would be worthwhile unless you could exactly relicate the spacing needed for the front and rear cells with the 135 lens shutter.
There are tons of good shutters with bad lens elements out
there. I'd try to find a proper replacement. Jim