Mark Stahlke
13-Aug-2006, 15:12
Greetings,
I'm thinking about revising my lens kit for 4x5 color landscape shooting. I'm looking at a 65/90/135/210/300 kit and I'm trying to choose a 65mm lens.
For wide angles I prefer modern multi-coated glass with large maximum apertures so I whittled down the list of candidates to Nikon SW 65/4, Fuji SWD 65/5.6, and Super Angulon 65/5.6. All three of these lenses take 67mm filters and weigh within a couple ounces of each other. They also have similar coverage.
Is there any reason, in terms of sharpness or light fall-off characteristics, to choose one over the other two?
Would the difference in maximum apertures from f/4 to f/5.6 be noticable in actual field use including twilight shooting?
I eliminated the Grandagon-N 65/4.5 because of its 58mm filter size. I already own a Schnieder IIIb (67mm) center filter that should be adequate for any of the other three lenses. Is there a compelling reason to reconsider this lens?
Thanks for your input.
I'm thinking about revising my lens kit for 4x5 color landscape shooting. I'm looking at a 65/90/135/210/300 kit and I'm trying to choose a 65mm lens.
For wide angles I prefer modern multi-coated glass with large maximum apertures so I whittled down the list of candidates to Nikon SW 65/4, Fuji SWD 65/5.6, and Super Angulon 65/5.6. All three of these lenses take 67mm filters and weigh within a couple ounces of each other. They also have similar coverage.
Is there any reason, in terms of sharpness or light fall-off characteristics, to choose one over the other two?
Would the difference in maximum apertures from f/4 to f/5.6 be noticable in actual field use including twilight shooting?
I eliminated the Grandagon-N 65/4.5 because of its 58mm filter size. I already own a Schnieder IIIb (67mm) center filter that should be adequate for any of the other three lenses. Is there a compelling reason to reconsider this lens?
Thanks for your input.