Wide angle for 8x10

[Corran]

There are two Wolly 159mm lenses
They promoted the coverage of the f/12.5, and the wide-open sharpness of the f/9.5. I bought the f/9.5 for my Intrepid but haven't used it yet.

I might be mis-remembering, but I thought the two types were the same, but the "max" aperture was changed to f/12.5 to denote the widest usable aperture. Mine was marked f/12.5, but opened up wider - this made the image very soft and glowy.

Did you ever consider that maybe you got a bad example?

That's why I followed up my statement saying I've seen the same exact issue on photos made with that lens by others. Ask Vaughn, he has said the same thing on this forum. It's a dog, unless there's the rare good example floating around .

Certainly true about price vs. resale.