Re: [APML] Large Format Question

["Shekhar Borde" <shekhar@prodigy.net>]

> 
> Thanks for this tip; I've been looking for aerial photography lenses
> after seeing how many people are successfully using them.  From what
> I've read, I may have problems with color as some of these lenses
> focus poorly in the blue.  Still, it will be worth a try.  I've
> spotted a couple of Kodak Aero Ektars on Ebay which are f/2.5 and
> Surplus Shed has 6" f/6.3 Metrogon for $35.  If I can get the faster
> lens, I'll try that....
> 
> roland

Just so you know -- the Aero Ektars are known to be radioactive (use 
Thorium or something like that in the glass).

I don't know how much or what kind of radioactivity they emit but it would 
personally make me nervous to be around those things or store them in 
the house where my family lives.

YMMV,

Shekhar



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