Fujinon 250 f 6.7 vs. Fujinon 240A

[William Marderness]

I now have the Fujinon 240mm A, and I run out of coverage when I use 8x10 with s ignificant rise for architecture. Will the Fujinon 250mm f6.7 help me much with the coverage problem? Also what filter size does it take?

[Eugene]

Bill,you will find the answers to your questions at The f Stop website ( thefstop.com ). Look under Fuginon lenses. There is a chart for the entire line. hope this helps.

[Eugene]

Bill,you will find the answers to your questions at thefstop.com . Look under Fuginon lenses. There is a chart for the entire line. Hope this helps.

[William Marderness]

Please note that my question concerns the older f6.7 lens, not the current f6.3 lens.

[Chris Partti]

The Fuji 250 f6.7 (which I have) was listed as having a 398mm image circle, more, obviously, stopped down. This allows quite a lot of movement.

[steve Barth]

I have an older 250mm 6.7 Fujinon. It is single coated and well used. It is in a Seiko shutter. I also have a 240mm f9 which is nearly new. I have observed that when looking through the corners of the ground glass (8X10 Camera) at the back of the lens, I am able to move the lensboard up and down much further without mechanical vignetting. I have over shot the rise capability of the lens once or twice and had clear corners on the resultant negatives. The filter size for this lens is 67 mm. The 6.7 lens according to an old Calumet catalog covers 80 degrees or 398mm. Thats about the same as the 250 Wide Field Ektar. The 250mm f6.3 has an angle of coverage of 64 degrees which equals 312 mm, less than the 240 A.

The 250 mm f6.7 Fujinon lens was, unfortunately, discontinued several years ago. I managed to find one used. It is very sharp and produces excellent negatives. I have recently seen others advertised.

The 240 mm f9 is designed for close up work and is excellent at it! The 250 is designed for normal shooting distances and would be great for architectural work.

The only other lens I know of that would have better coverage than the 240 A is the Rodenstock 240 mm Apo-Sironar-S. It is a 75 degree lens that covers 372mm.