I temporarily find myself with three "normal" lenses for 4x5, and I need to decide which one or ones to keep, so I took the same "brick wall" shot with all three to see if there is any first order difference. I'm linking if this is of some use to anyone else. The lenses:
Graflex (Wollensak) Optar 135mm f4.7, circa 1953
Schneider Xenar 135mm f4.7
Rodenstock Sironar-N 135mm f5.6 circa 1970
I also have a Rodenstock Sironar 240mm f5.6, so I shot the same scene with that too.
All the lenses are pretty clean, although the Sironar-N has a fair bit of dust inside.
All were shot at f11 at a distance of about 10 feet with flash. All were shot on Ilford Delta 100 at box speed and scanned with an Epson V750 at 2400ppi at optimal scan height. I did apply unsharp mask to each scan to help show up resolution and acuity differences, but the same amount to all. (radius 1.4, amount 250). I uploaded the full frame to my flickr account at original size.
This quick test of course doesn't compare flare, coverage, bokeh, performance wide open or anything else. It's just a middling sort of setting and condition where I might use the lenses.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/hsandl...57679759008983
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