135mm lens?

[false_Aesthetic]

Hey,

I took a look at the 5x7 lens comparison chart hoping to find a newer 135mm lens that covers. None of the lenses listed cover. Might there be one that does cover?

Thanks

T

[Sheldon N]

Maybe an older single coated Fuji W 135mm lens would work. They were spec'd at 80 degrees and a 228mm image circle.

[Steve Goldstein]

I think the Kodak Wide-Field Ektar will also cover, it has about the same image circle as the Fujinon-W. If you go for the Fujinon, make sure you get the one with the lettering visible when you look into the lens, not the one with the engraving on the barrel.

steve

[Bernard Kaye]

Steve is correct: 135mm. f 6.3 Wide Field Ektar should cover 5 x 7" Without Swings, 4 x 5" With Swings. (from Kodak brochure)
Bernie

[Jim Noel]

Is is not easy, but if you can find a 135 (5 1/2") Dagor, it will cover when stopped down.

[David A. Goldfarb]

Most likely places to find short focal length Dagors in New York, I've found, are Photo Gizzmo (call, because most of his stock isn't on his website, which is why he has lots of unusual things), and Lens and Repro.

[Carsten Wolff]

If you're into funky, you can find occasionally old 5x7" "Gold Rim" Conley Wide Angles. They're 135mm (actually 5 1/4"). Mine is seriously soft wide open though; it's got a weird mushy pictorial look, or perhaps is just in the wrong shutter (wrong spacing) .....once at f11-16, it sharpens up, a lot.....

[Nick_3536]

Why not go to 120mm? The Nikon SW would be an obvious choice. Or doesn't Fuji make a 125mm SW wide angle?

[Claude Sapp]

The Dagor is a good suggestion, I have a 4 1/8" Dagor and have used it on 5x7, so a 5 1/4 inch should work great. The two lenses I carry with my 5x7 are the 240 Fujinon and the 120 Angulon; I like the 120 very much in 5x7.

[Really Big Cameras]

If you can stand to move up to 150mm, there are a couple of great, multicoated, 80-degree lenses from the late 1980s and early 1990s that cover 5x7 with movements. They are the 150mm f5.6 APO Sironar-W and the 150mm f5.6 Super Symmar HM. I happen to like the 150mm focal length on 5x7 as it's comparable to a 110mm on 4x5, which is my favorite wide angle on that format.

If you don't mind older, single coated lenses, the already mentioned 135mm f6.3 WF Ektar is a nice, classic lens. The Supermatic shutter, when properly CLAd is dependable and rugged. However, it is not compatible with any modern/recent shutters should it fail and need replaced.

Other choices in classic wide angles include the 130mm f12 Rodenstock Weitwinkel Perigon. This is a coated lenses that was made during the late 1950s. It's absolutely tiny, fits in a standard Copal No. 0 shutter and has gobs of coverage - enough for 8x10 with movements. So, 5x7 would be no problem. However, finding one might prove problematic.

The 133mm f6.5 Cooke Series VIIb is another classic that will cover 5x7 with room to spare (it was originally intended for the 6.5" x 8.5" Whole Plate format). Early samples of this lens date back to the 1920s and all pre-WWII samples are uncoated (and tend to be rather flare prone). This lens was made up until the early 1960s. So, you might be able to find a later coated sample. However, I don't think it's a direct fit in ANY shutter.

The 135mm f6.3 Meopta Largor is a bit of sleeper and a real bargain. They were made for the 13x18cm Meopta Magnola during the early to mid 1950s. They are absolutely tiny and came in a Prontor shutter originally - which means the cells are a direct fit in a modern Copal No. 0 shutter (not that there's any problem with the Prontor shutters). They are single coated and they show up on eBay on a fairly regular basis and rarely fetch more than $100.

Kerry Thalmann
Really Big Cameras