I recently purchased a "Komura" large format lense mounted in a Copal #1 shutter and am trying to track down any info on its performance and customer approval. It's a 210mm lense with aperture range of 6.3 - 45. I put this lense through t he full movements of my field camera and found no vignetting even at the extreme ties. It was priced at $200. One concern that I have is that inscribed on the l ense next to the "210mm" marking are the words "commercial". Does this mean tha t the original purpose of this lense was for an enlarger in a photo studio setti ng rather than on a large format camera? Because this is my first large format lense, I do not see the need to start right off with a Schneider or Rodenstock a s I will probably screw up a lot of my images at first anyways. The point here for me is to start learning how to use the large format with a lense that I can get by with. I guess what I am asking then becomes, do you think that I can get by with this lense to just learn large format photography? P.S. check out my website if interested in my work at www.jpettittphotos.homestead.com (all images made in 35mm)
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