Have you ever tried the new Schneider XXL lens?
How is the performance?
Is 550mm lens still wide angle lens for 8x20 format?
Have you ever tried the new Schneider XXL lens?
How is the performance?
Is 550mm lens still wide angle lens for 8x20 format?
Ross,
The 550mm XXL lens is not available yet. I believe it will become available this June.
550mm is not a very wide angle lens for 8x20, as there are others that are much wider that will cover the format. However, the XXL lenses will have a tremendous amount of coverage on an 8x20, such that a substantial amount of shift (or vertical rise) will be available to the photographer. This is the factor that I think will be the most significant for a 'normal' banquet shooter, especially if they are unafraid of placing their camera in a vertical position.
A square format shooter using a 16x20 or a 20x24 should be very pleased with the 550mm XXL as it is an offering that there are no modern and very few historical offerings with comparable coverage.
---Michael
As far as it being a wide angle... on this format... not really. Something in the 250-300 range (like a 270 kowa) makes a great wide IMO.
Just curious about the XL/XXL designations. Are these lenses "extra-large" or "extra-extra-large" (in coverage or something else)?
"I love my Verito lens, but I always have to sharpen everything in Photoshop..."
They're extra large and extra extra large in price.
Brian Ellis
Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you do criticize them you'll be
a mile away and you'll have their shoes.
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