Which 240 mm lens to cover 5x7?

**IanG** · 26-Nov-2015, 01:51

Originally Posted by EdSawyer

There's also a nice Fujinon 250/6.3 in Copal 1 also.

Plus I bet some of the 240mm tessars would cover, like Congo, xenars, jena tessars, etc.

And possibly some of the teles like 240 Tele Arton.

The 240mm Tele Arton doesn't cover 7x5 it covers 5x4 with room for movements though. As a 210mm f4.5 Tessar will cover 7x5 with reasonable room for movements then any 240mm Tessar type lens will cover well, the closest CZJ Tessar was a 250mm f4.5.

My main 7x5 standard lenses are a 1919 CZJ 21cm f4.5 Tessar in a Compound or a 240mm f5.6 Nikon W in a Copal 3, the Nikon lens is larger and heavier but not unwieldy it has the advantage of being a moderate wide angle on my 10x8 cameras as well.

Ian

**Carsten Wolff** · 26-Nov-2015, 05:34

Originally Posted by Old-N-Feeble

I'll not comment other than to suggest you decide what matters to you.

Size/weight
Maximum aperture
Shutter or barrel mount
Most coverage
Sharpness, contrast, bokeh, etc.

For "MY" purposes, and chosen only from the lenses you listed, I would buy the Fuji-A... but a late EBC coated version.

Good comment and good choice. I personally usu. like wider aperture and used a 10" Conley-V for many years; now, in that range, I love both the 250mm f/6.3 Fuji and 210mm f/6.3 Komura to the same degree.