Anyone know anything about Navitar lenses - who made/makes them, when were they made, quality etc?

Thanks,

Tim A

-- Tim Atherton (timphoto@hotmail.com), October 21, 1998

Answers

Navitar lenses are flat-field projection lenses, and are excellent for slide projection in large lecture halls.

-- Dick Fish (dfish@smith.edu), October 22, 1998.

This is a 150mm 5,6 Navitar in a Copal 0 shutter, so what is this? Any ideas?

-- Tim Atherton (timphoto@hotmail.com), October 22, 1998.

Hi

I had a Navitar 150mm lens which was bundled with my Arca-Swiss 5x4" camera when I bought it. I found it was a bit limited with 5x4" - it had very little coverage, and could vignette with almost the slightest of movement. The overall quality wasn't too bad, but my new Rodenstock lenses are in a different league...

Best regards

David Nash

-- David Nash (nashcom@btinternet.com), October 24, 1998.