Caltar-S II 8 1/4" (210mm) f5.6 question

[Gordon Lucas]

Caltar - S II 8 1/4" (210mm) lens . . . . coming soon from Ebay at a bargoon price. Will this lens cover 5x7? Anybody own one? Comments?

Hoping to use it as a semi-wide on my Gowland 5x7 Pocket View. Owner didn't know but I took a chance because of the price.

Thanks.

[Leszek Vogt]

Reading up someone's opinion on this forum, the lens is quite sharp and has 294mm coverage....it should cover 5x7 with plenty (60mm ?) to spare.

Les

[Pere Casals]

Gordon, it is actually a rebranded Schneider Symmar-S MC

Here you have full specs of your lens https://www.schneideroptics.com/info/vintage_lens_data/large_format_lenses/symmar-s/data/1,5,6-210mm.html

https://www.schneideroptics.com/info/vintage_lens_data/large_format_lenses/symmar-s/Symmar-S_Group_Data.pdf

[Mark Sampson]

I wouldn't call it a semi-wide lens though. 210mm was considered the 'normal' FL for 5x7, as it's very close to the diagonal of the negative. A superb optic nonetheless.

[Bob Salomon]

Caltar - S II 8 1/4" (210mm) lens . . . . coming soon from Ebay at a bargoon price. Will this lens cover 5x7? Anybody own one? Comments?

Hoping to use it as a semi-wide on my Gowland 5x7 Pocket View. Owner didn't know but I took a chance because of the price.

Thanks.

The 180 would be a short normal. A 150 would be a semi wide.

[Gordon Lucas]

Thanks to one and all!

I have a 250 Fuji L, this lens, and a Nikkor 180-W so looks like I've got it all!