It was indeed. An Altman design according to Kingslake... Eric Goldstein -- On 9/27/07, Mike Bischof <nbg90455@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Wait a minute -- wasn't the Ektar on the Medalist a 5-element Heliar design > (in contrast to the 4-element Ektars that were on the Graphics etc.)? > > Mike > > aghalide@xxxxxxx wrote: > > sometimes it ain't the fault 0f the lens. This applies to non-rollei lenses > as well. Many moons ago I purchased a Kodak Medalist 6x9 to go along with > my stable of Rolleis. Again, I reference Schwalberg, the maven of Wetzlar. > We breakfast and lunched almost every day from 1972 to 1985 or so, when we > officed at 1 Park Ave " at Popular Photograhy. I wish I had my tape recorder > going, but instead I must rely on memories. According to Bopp or as known by > non-Wetzlar people, Bob, Kodak's best lens is the 100mm f/3.5 Ektar on the > Medalist. "it's a great Tessar", I remember him saying. My new-old Medalist > Ektar was a bit foggy. I brought it to Professional Camera Repair in NYC. > Marty handed it to Buddy for cleaning. Got it back in about one-week. Every > thing took one week, unless it was an overnight and the photographer was > going to Selma or whereever the next day. I remember Marty repairing cameras > used by photographers documenting the March for free. I got the M edalis t > back the next week and then ran a roll of 120 (I had it changed from 620 to > 120 by the Bald Mountain guys. Wide open it wasn't so good. Could Schwalberg > be wrong? Could that Tesssar-type lens be not so good? > A few months later I stuck my finger inside the back of the camera and found > the rear elements were loose. Could Buddy have not tightened it all the way > in? So I did. And the frog became a Prince. This could be the case with > Xenars, Xenotars, Planars and even Tessars. Ed Meyers > > > > > > > Mike Bischof > Delhi, India > > The Photo Blog of my Indian Adventure: > http://geocities.com/nbg90455/blog.html > > > ________________________________ > Tonight's top picks. What will you watch tonight? Preview the hottest shows > on Yahoo! TV. > > --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list