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Dear Ramaka,
I tried the Super Symmar HM 210 first and had permanent problems with vignetting. I like the 210 mm focal length for 8x10" a lot so I moved to the Super Symmar XL 210 last year. It will...

Dear Nicholas,

here you will find a picture taken with the SA 72XL (with Centerfilter, f32, 1/2s) and my 13x18 cm / 5x7" Linhof:...

I have tested both lenses with my 13x18cm (5x7") camera. I got tack sharp images with these lenses but the colours of the SA 121 are warmer - and the colours of the SA 120 are more realistic. On the...

Last year I decided for a Linoscan 1800 with Linocolor 6.0 (running on an old 7200 Mac). The Linocan with my configuration (SCSII - Power Mac 7200) is slow but the scanner has a good dmax. I'm...

Dear Arne,

Thank you for your effort. Now I got my result of try with a 13x18cm Mentor camera. With no shift and tilt it will cover 5x7" but the corners will be soft. So for 4x5" with some...

Thank you for your statements! I got an email from a German photographer that found some information about this lens in an East German photo book (Foto Optik Eine Warenkunde..." von Egon Brauer, VEB...

Dear Janko,

There is also a German large format forum. The most postings are in German language but a lot of the photographers speek English as well.

André
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I have a Mentor camera (13x18cm) with a Carl Zeiss Jena T 1:6.3 135mm (#6381939). On the ground glass it seams to cover 5x7". Can anybody tell me the angle of coverage of this lens.

Thank you for...

Carl,

Is your good experience with the single coated or the later MC version? The weight of both lenses is different, so the MC - lens sould be re-designed. It is a lot easier to find the single...

I'm new to 8x10" and only have an old Symmar 360 which I like a lot for b/w. In 5x7" my preferred lens is the Super-Angulon 120. Since I have this lens I seldom use my 90 or 150 lens. So my next lens...

I had to make the same decission this year. I decided for a Linoscan 1800 (HighRes) scanner - It will scan an A4 page with 1220 dpi and has a high resolution aera for medium format with 3000 dpi....

I can't compare the XL with the HM. But I have the SuperSymmar HM 150mm/5.6 and it is my sharpest lens and I can't imagin that I will get a better picture with the XL.

Martin,

I have a 5x7" monorail camera that is not very portable - so I only take my largeformat camera with me if I have already found the subject I will take on film - and than I have an idea...