New Lens Boards

Post author:Mark Dawson
Post published:January 15, 2015
Post category:Gear

Wollensack 15 inch lens from an aerial reconnaissance camera mounted on my Arca Swiss 4x5 view camera. — Wollensack 15 inch lens from an aerial reconnaissance camera mounted on my Arca Swiss 4×5 view camera.

Yes, despite the recent posts about electronics hacking and hard drives and data organization, I do still have interest in photography and making photos. To that end, over the past couple of months I’ve had my friend Niles (https://www.lundphotographics.com) fabricate a couple of lens boards so I can mount two lenses to my large format cameras.

Wollensack 15 inch lens from an aerial reconnaissance camera mounted on my 8x10 Eastman Commercial View camera. — Wollensack 15 inch lens from an aerial reconnaissance camera mounted on my 8×10 Eastman Commercial View camera.

The big lens is from an aerial reconnaissance camera I got off eBay a while ago. I had already used it to make a few portraits – Ari, John, and Brenton – but since it was mounted temporarily in cardboard that ended in near disaster – the lens wobbled and fell out and bounced on the concrete. Fortunately it seems nearly undamaged.