I have just won an ebay auction with a DAGOR 1:6,8 F=18CM 535993 C.P.GOERZ BERLIN lens, along with other stuff. Can anyone please tell me a little about this lens since I am getting offers for it? I'd appreciate it.

-- Valerie Russell (vrussell@peabody.jhu.edu), January 10, 2002

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Goerz Dagor is a famous old view camera lens. 18cm would be about right as a normal lens for a 5x7 view camera. It's a bit long as the normal for a 4x5, but still in the ballpark. This lens has been used by the some of the legendary photographers in photo history.

You might check an on-line broker like KEH Camera Brokers to get an idea of what it's worth.

-- Bob Fleischman (RFXMAIL@prodigy.net), January 11, 2002.

Ansel Adams made some of his pictures with a Goerz Dagor.

-- Andrew (andrew@hotmail.com), January 14, 2002.