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Roland Christen once stated:

"Not all Jaegers lenses were that good. One of our guys here has a 6"F15 that was made in the later years when the old man had retired and someone else ran the business. This lens is very poor with lots of zones and poor figure."

When you buy surplus you always need to remember that there is a reason these lenses are surplus. Perhaps they were never coated because they were not up to standard.

Fred has always been good to deal with at SS but I would want some reassurance that I wouldn't get stuck with a sup-par piece of glass.

dan

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A dice throw to be sure. While a totally different animal, my own Jaegers 6" f/5 lens was disappointing at 83x (9 mm Nagler), not even considering the color. That's only 14x per inch. An old friends 6" f/8 Jaegers was likewise not a stunner.

It looks like the surplus lenses turning up are priced accordingly, about on par with the Chinese achromats. I think I would go the extra $500 to get a new D&G lens. The extra money gets you MgFl coatings, a choice of focal length, an adjustable cell - and very low risk and quality question marks. And by the time Barry delivers, you can have the rest of the project put togther

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