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Equipment & Techniques => Medium Format / Film / Digital Backs – and Large Sensor Photography => Topic started by: MarkKay on May 11, 2006, 02:46:17 pm

Title: Advice on 210mm lenses
Post by: MarkKay on May 11, 2006, 02:46:17 pm
Do any of you have experience with the Apo Sironar-S  210mm/5.6 lens using a 6x9  digital back format?  I believe Schneider or others either just released or will release a digital 210mm lens and wondered if there is any experience or expectations of how those two might compare in regards to image quality. Mark
Title: Advice on 210mm lenses
Post by: Sheldon N on May 11, 2006, 10:31:43 pm
I don't know how on point this is for your application, but this might be of some help. This guy has tested a lot of the current large format lenses (using film and an Air Force resolution chart) and he has published lp/mm resolution figures. He's tested two different copies of the APO Sironar-S lenses, as well as many other options. It looks like the Schneider APO Symmar is the best of the bunch, though they're all good. Check it out at:

http://www.hevanet.com/cperez/testing.html (http://www.hevanet.com/cperez/testing.html)

If you're looking to give it a whirl on something good but less expensive, I'm selling my Nikkor W 210mm f/5.6 for $300. I really like it (on 4x5) but I just got a similar focal length lens as a replacement.
Title: Advice on 210mm lenses
Post by: MarkKay on May 12, 2006, 12:17:48 am
Hey thanks for that link.  I did not think there would be so much variation between copies of  the same lenses.  Since i am using a rollei with electronic shutter, I will probably eventually go with one of the Schneiders or Rodenstock lenses at this focal length. mark  
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I don't know how on point this is for your application, but this might be of some help. This guy has tested a lot of the current large format lenses (using film and an Air Force resolution chart) and he has published lp/mm resolution figures. He's tested two different copies of the APO Sironar-S lenses, as well as many other options. It looks like the Schneider APO Symmar is the best of the bunch, though they're all good. Check it out at:

http://www.hevanet.com/cperez/testing.html (http://www.hevanet.com/cperez/testing.html)

If you're looking to give it a whirl on something good but less expensive, I'm selling my Nikkor W 210mm f/5.6 for $300. I really like it (on 4x5) but I just got a similar focal length lens as a replacement.
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Title: Advice on 210mm lenses
Post by: MarkKay on May 12, 2006, 12:32:54 am
Has anyone used the Schneider Apo digitar 210mm?