need help with 210mm.

[principiante]

Hi. i'm looking for a 210mm lens for my 45-c Toyo 4x5 view camera.

I have $ 200 budget

Which one you advise me?
I only know ebay to buy, some other reliable page?
thank you.

[IanG]

You can get a nice 203mm f7.7 Ektar for £100/$150, the UK made ones areCompur/Copal #0 compatible. You might find a 210mm f5.5 Symmar if your lucky for around $200 or a Fujinon from Japan for $150 approx.

Ian

[redrockcoulee]

I got my 210 Symmar S non multicoated lens a few years back for $210. The Symmar convertibles as mentioned above should be under the 200 dollars. You may also be able to find a Caltar for that price.

[IanG]

I think I actually paid $200 for my MC 210mm Symmar S 7 or 8 years ago on this forum or APUG. As the OP has been a member long enough it would be worth posting a wanted advert here on this forum's For Sale/Wanted section, I've bought off many members both here and APUG and personally prefer it to using Ebay.

Ian

[redrockcoulee]

I think I actually paid $200 for my MC 210mm Symmar S 7 or 8 years ago on this forum or APUG. As the OP has been a member long enough it would be worth posting a wanted advert here on this forum's For Sale/Wanted section, I've bought off many members both here and APUG and personally prefer it to using Ebay.

Ian

And generally considerably less expensive.

[David Karp]

You should be able to pick up a 210mm Caltar II-N for around $200. It is equivalent to a Rodenstock Sironar-N. Nice lens. Should also be able to find a Caltar S-II, which is a Symmar-S. Both were rebranded for Calumet and equivalent to the Rodenstock and Schneider branded versions and are usually more reasonably priced.

[neil poulsen]

210mm lenses tend to be very reasonably priced in that range. I'd suggest keeping an eye on EBay.

[Luis-F-S]

You should be able to pick up a 210mm Caltar II-N for around $200. It is equivalent to a Rodenstock Sironar-N. Nice lens. Should also be able to find a Caltar S-II, which is a Symmar-S. Both were rebranded for Calumet and equivalent to the Rodenstock and Schneider branded versions and are usually more reasonably priced.

+1 Probably your best bet. I actually just now purchased a 210 Caltar IIE for $109 on the Bay. Bought it for the shutter and I'll use it to re-mount an 8 1/4" Dagor. Since both are f/6.8 lenses I can ever re-use the aperture scale! Several others listed under $200 and some even are OBO! L

[John Kasaian]

Keh has 210mm Calumet Caltars under $200
https://www.keh.com/search/list?n=151&page=2

[dpn]

I just purchased a like new 210mm f/5.6 Fujinon-NW (multicoated, black copal shutter assembly) for $108 on eBay from a Japanese seller.