Auteur: Dan Fromm
Date: 30-03-2005 22:46
From my notes on lenses I own or have owned:
6"/1.9 Dallmeyer Super Six. Stops to f/16. According to the Vade Mecum, "The Super Six seems to have been issued from about 1930 … and became a workhorse lens for taking, recording, and projecting where a fast lens was wanted. … A comparison of Opic and Super Six 4in lenses suggested they were fairly alike in performance at full aperture, and also matched the Pentac f2.9, all being fully useable at full aperture. … It was said at Dallmeyers that they were still made in the 1970's to the original design. Using an uncoated 4in and a coated 5in lens the value of coating is quite apparent, the image being much more contrasty and clear. … Super Six was still in production late in the London period (1980) to meet at least one customers specific orders." The 6" is a monster, the front of its barrel is 90 mm in diameter and at 3½ pounds its almost too heavy for a 2x3 Graphic. Probably better used as a fast normal lens on a 4x5 Speed than on a 2x3. The Super Six was made in a variety of focal lengths, usually f/1.9; the longest is 8"/2.0. While I was dithering about having my 6" Super Six put on board -- the estimate from SKGrimes was $125 -- one sold on eBay for $1,475. Mine had cost slightly less. In truth, I'd bought it more to be outrageous than because I seriously intended to use it. I didn’t value it that highly, so I sold it to someone who did. Bought from an internet vendor.
Dan
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