Dagor and clones on chrome film

[jumanji]

Ok, I know Dagor and its clones (particularly Collinear) have only 4 air-glass surfaces, so the light loss would be small compare to other uncoated lenses. But how do they perform on chrome and color negative film? Are the result comparable to a coated (single, or even multi) lens? I have 150mm Collinear and 210mm Dagor. I tended to sell them to get a coated one for shooting on chrome and color negative film, but now I'm considering keeping them, if the result should be fine.
Any one has experience?

[richardman]

How about just shoot some color films and see for yourself?!

[jumanji]

It's a matter of time, and a little money as well . Do it myself is best, but hearing from someone's experiences will save me a lot of time and a few sheets, especially when I have nothing but lenses in 4x5 now.

[David A. Goldfarb]

No problem at all. Dagors are fine for color.

[Dan Fromm]

No problem at all. Dagors are fine for color.

+1

[jumanji]

Thanks. That's enough for me. I will try them on color.
Anyone has an example? I'm curious.

[Drew Wiley]

Not all dagors are by any means the same, since they not only came in various focal lengths from various manufacturers, but were made over a very long time. The very last of them, the 355mm Kern multi-coat had the highest contrast and most accurate color transmission of ANY lens I have ever used, for any format. That makes sense, because there were only four air/glass interfaces, all multi-coated. But sometimes you can have just too much of a good thing, and I found
that particular lens to be just too contrasty for typical chrome work. So in the dagor category I switched over to the previous Kern single-coated version.

[neil poulsen]

Ansel Adams talks about and gives at least one B&W example of coated versus non-coated lenses in one of his books. (Probably the one on Camera & Lens.) But, not specifically Dagor lenses. His example shows a significant increase of values in shadows with the uncoated lens.

[David A. Goldfarb]

An old one, but easily accessible, since it's on my website--



12" Gold Dot Dagor, f:14, 8x10" Fuji Astia

[jumanji]

Thanks all, especially David. That image is great.
Sound like the best bet would be a single coated Dagor.