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Gordon Lucas
17-Sep-2018, 00:10
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
17-Sep-2018, 01:47
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
17-Sep-2018, 02:28
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
17-Sep-2018, 10:17
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
17-Sep-2018, 10:47
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
17-Sep-2018, 11:06
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!
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