The 165mm Angulon has slight edge separation, optically made zilch difference.. been using this lens for years, absolutely acceptable results to date.
Simply not worth worry or concern long as the image results works for your needs. Keep in mind, the absolute "best" lens alone can never produce a creative/expressive image on it's own. Lenses and all related are mere tools and means to achieve your image making goals.
Bernice
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I have a very late version of this lens, in a factory Copal, with a serial number in the 11's. It has a light colored very even ring around the front element at the very edge. works great.
Schneider wasn't using balsam on these.
In case anyone's still following this thread - this lens arrived today. It's cosmetically pretty good considering how old it is. Glass is clean. Barrel is nice too.
Only problem seems to be that the shutter speed dial is pretty stiff to turn. Maybe it needs a CLA. [I also can't get the dial to go higher than 1/250 - anyone know if that's the upper limit of a Synchro Compur?]
Thanks to everyone who contributed on this thread.
You might want to review this to determine which version of the shutter you have (I believe there are differing "eras" of Synchro Compur shutters with differing schemes for achieving the highest speed). Older shutters often had a booster spring for the highest speed, which always required additional effort to set. Sometimes it seems an unnatural amount of effort.
https://certo6.com/shutters/
Of even better... post a picture of what you have.
Thanks Brian. That was an interesting page you linked to. As you say, the shutter dial does seem to want a lot of force to go beyond 1/250. The dial is also, as I said, very stiff to turn. I think it probably needs a CLA. Question is: how much will that cost and is it worth it for this particular lens? I'll report back later.
If the ring is stiff to turn you can take it apart and clean and lubricate it yourself.
Jon
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