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Equipment & Techniques => Cameras, Lenses and Shooting gear => Topic started by: Michal Mazurkiewicz on March 15, 2012, 10:20:11 am

Title: Aviogon, (brother of Lamegon and Biogon)
Post by: Michal Mazurkiewicz on March 15, 2012, 10:20:11 am

Hi, by sheer luck I managed to obtain 70kg-weight Williamson aerial camera with 153mm f 1:5,6 Aviogon. I am going to disassemble the camera. Only the rotary shutter of it is 5kg. The naked lens has to be 14kg (source: ebay). Probably, this is the sharpest wide angle lens ever. 
Do you know any DIY aplication of it for "normal" photography? For example for 8x10 camera?

Title: Re: Aviogon, (brother of Lamegon and Biogon)
Post by: Ellis Vener on March 15, 2012, 08:54:06 pm

Do you have a Lancaster bomber to mount it in?

Title: Re: Aviogon, (brother of Lamegon and Biogon)
Post by: Michal Mazurkiewicz on March 16, 2012, 04:22:12 pm

My first vision was a tank with this camera on the turret assembled. As I wrote before I would like to take "normal" pictures. :)
Ellis, You are first person invitating me on this forum. Nice to meet you!