Like I said, this is not a lens with a huge image circle appropriate for significant rise etc anyway. A thin step ring isn't going to make much difference. It is a compact precise lens which is justifiably popular with 4X5 landscape photographers.
Like I said, this is not a lens with a huge image circle appropriate for significant rise etc anyway. A thin step ring isn't going to make much difference. It is a compact precise lens which is justifiably popular with 4X5 landscape photographers.
What happened to the link http://www.subclub.org/fujinon/byfl.htm ?
It works for me.
Neither Internet Explorer nor Mozilla Firefox can open that page...Originally Posted by Dan Fromm
Well, I happen to use an older 125 with 52 mm threads, and mechanical vignetting from even a 52 filter on it (vs step ring and bigger filter) is a very minor issue. This focal length just has a certain limitation in coverage. It's not a wide angle design intended for large amounts of rise. But neither does it have their bulk, weight, distortion, and falloff issues requiring a CF. It is a nice compact lens highly suitable for landscape applications with 4x5 and 120 film. In this respect I don't see any significant advantage to the CMW. I suspect they were just trying to standardize the filter size for the series.
It worked again with Firefox 61.0.1
I was kinda thinking the same thing. My full-frame digital lenses take filters from 42 - 105 mm. 67mm is totally manageable. My 4" Singh Ray filters will also work on this size well. And FWIW, my Canon 400 f2.8 weighs 8.5 pounds, so weight-wise 4x5 lenses are a dream!
Just my opinion. YMMV.
Brian
Better late than never: there is no "APO Symmar-S 120mm L-75", but there is a 120mm Apo-Symmar L, which does cover 75 degrees at f/22. Thread title has been corrected to avoid spreading further confusion.
I'd much rather have any of the Fuji 125's than the Schneider, and in fact do, but the NW with a 52mm filter thread. The 67mm thread on the CMW is ridiculous. But any of these are going to be fine performers optically, provided you don't expect a lot of front rise out of them like a big wide-angle lens designed for architectural etc shots (Super Angulon, Fuji SW etc).
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