Originally Posted by
Ari
I went through a lot of 210mm lenses for 8x10; for 4x5, just about any 210 will do, but you have to be a little more selective with 8x10.
My penultimate 210 was the Rodenstock W 210, a superb performer, but big and heavy, and I often ran out of room for movements.
The Kowa or Computar are excellent performers with large image circles; the f9 isn't that noticeable on the ground glass, I've had no trouble composing or focusing.
Although the Fuji 210 W covers 8x10, I find it doesn't perform well on 8x10; it may be my imagination, but I find it loses contrast, smoothness and sharpness as soon as I put it on the 8x10.
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