OK - so you're only working with only two configurations, rather than a casket set. But even then the weight savings is negligible, and I'd still be very skeptical about the optical performance if you're doing any significant degree of enlargement, or suitability for color work.
I can only write from my own experience. My 4x5 camera folds with the Symmar still installed so I don't have to worry about storing it in my bag. The Angulon is mounted on a 4x4 panel and that sits in a wrap taking up very little room. Weight is not so important with lenses, space is the thing at a premium. I will have a look at colour work with the Symmar at 265mm. I must confess most of my images are monochrome and so far I have not used the Symmar at 265mm for anything other than monochrome.
RR
If it works well for you, that's all that counts. I have to switch hit between color and black and white, and work with multiple formats as well, so that dictates a
somewhat different perspective on lens choice.
Alas, I also fell for the Ancient Thread Trap. Oh well, perhaps someone new can make use of this good information.
My choice: The 125mm/5.6 Fujinon-W, EBC, 46mm filter size in a Copal 0 shutter. The lens is almost as small and light as my Kodak Ektar 127mm/4.7 and provides a larger image circle. The 46mm filters are shared with my rangefinder lenses. A 46mm-55mm step up ring allows the use of my 55mm polarizer from SLR lenses. My off road, cross country kit is comprised of two Fujinon-W lenses: The 125mm/5.6 and the 250mm/6.3 with 67mm filter ring-shared with my Pentax and Hasselblad medium format lenses. Yes, the 250/6.3 is a brick. Yes, I longed for the 240/9.0 Fujinon-A. However, the price of the 250mm lens was soooo right that I couldn't resist. Total investment for both lenses: < $450.
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