![]() ![]() In the old days, when lenses were entirely handmade, there was a range of acceptable tolerances for any lens, which could only be determined by testing after the lens was completed. ![]() I hope someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but I think all the "Golden" Dagors are equivalent, whether it's a gold ring or the word "Golden" or a gold dot-as far as I know it's just the designation for the top selects from the manufacturing process for that particular lens of that particular vintage. ![]() The camera is a Deardorff 8x10 if anyone is interested." I presume it's considerably older than this example. It's a 12" Golden (rather than Gold Dot) Dagor in an Ilex No. I sure miss those days."įeatured Comment by Tobias Key: "In Paolo Roversi's Book Studio there is a close up of the lens he uses. Boy could that sucker draw a pretty picture though. ![]() It had bubbles in the glass and was mounted in an old, slow Ilex shutter. Here's that camera:įeatured Comment by Matt Miller: "The 12" Dagor was my first and most loved 8x10 lens. Ken Tanaka replies to Mike: I remember that show here in Chicago very well. They had his Deardorff Banquet camera on display complete with a ton of electrical tape on the bellows and a Dagor out front." All Rights Reserved.įeatured Comment by Mike Plews: "A few years back I saw an Art Sinsebaugh show in KC. Original contents copyright 2010 by Michael C. Note: Links in this post may be to our affiliates sales through affiliate links may benefit this site. Please help support TOP by patronizing our sponsors B&H Photo and Amazon Paolo Roversi, Natalia Vodianova, Paris, 2003 Does anyone have the March 2005 Photo District News?) Best one we have ever seen.")Īnother one for the "good thing I'm not rich or I'd lose a lot more money" category.Īnd lest you think this is just knee-jerk nostalgia, this is allegedly the lens that Paolo Roversi uses. In keeping with our old-timey and big-camera theme of recent days I can't resist pointing out that this must be causing heart attacks amongst large-format aficionados all over-a pristine Gold-Dot Goerz Dagor in a modern Copal #3, offered by Lens & Repro of NYC for $2,350. ![]()
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