480mm f11 Schneider Apo-Artar

[Ron Marshall]

Would anyone be able to tell me the approximate weight of a 480mm f11 Schneider Apo-Artar?

[Oren Grad]

Schneider quotes a range from 775 to 895 g depending on the shutter. Data here:

www.schneideroptics.com/info/vintage_lens_data/large_format_lenses/apo-artar/apo_artar.pdf (http://www.schneideroptics.com/info/vintage_lens_data/large_format_lenses/apo-artar/apo_artar.pdf)

[Ted Harris]

I used to have one that I bought as a barrel lens and had Steve Grimes mount it in an Ilex #5. I was never happoy with the performance of the lens a later replaced it with a Nikon 450 M which I still use. The 480, in that configuration, was both larger and heavier than the 450 M.

[Oren Grad]

The Nikon specification for the 450M in Copal 3 is 640g.

[Ron Marshall]

Ted, what did you find lacking with the performance of the lens.

[Carsten Wolff]

Mine is frontmounted in a large Alphax (#4 I think). total weight in a Linhof board (!) 1160g......

[Ted Harris]

Ron, mine was just not as sharp as I expected it to be ... was likely my particular lens.