EOS 350D with
Taylor, Taylor & Hobson

Series II Cooke Anastigmat 5 1/2 inch f/4.5, at f/4.5
for 4 1/4 x 3 1/4 in.   (about 1917)

Veijo Vilva

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The lens seems clear in a photo without reflections.

Mounting the lens with extension tubes and a macro bellows

Aligning the lens with Blu-Tack


Fixing with kneadable epoxy and housing in a tube


  • FOV corresponds to a 223 mm lens on a 35mm camera

  • the lens is mounted with a macro bellows, see above
  • manual focus using the bellows
  • AV (aperture priority) or M (manual)

Note: All shots hand-held
At f/4.5, without a lens hood so there is some flare.
(NB: There are some scratches on the back element, which adds some flare when shooting fully open.)


7928 ( Full-size ) ( Full-size, sharpened )


7929 ( Full-size )


7929 crop


7929 crop, slightly sharpened


7930 ( Full-size )


7931 ( Full-size )


7933


7934


7935


7936


7966


7967


7968


7941


7941 crop


7941 crop, slightly sharpened


7942


7945 ( Full-size, sharpened )


7946 ( Full-size, sharpened )


7947 ( Full-size ) ( Full-size, sharpened )


7955 ( Full-size ) ( Full-size, sharpened )


8107


8108 (hand-held at 1/25 s)


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