Choosing macro lens for 8x10

[Dan Fromm]

How about.............210mm f4.5 Zeiaa Tessar (in barrel), cheap and with much bokeh......?

regards

Andrew

Reversed for magnifications > 10:1, yeah, sure. If the extension needed is available. Otherwise, no.

[Greg]

If you ever decide to get into shooting at higher magnifications, there are some classic optics out there that are real bargains. Here's a list from my 1962 B&J catalog.

[Oslolens]

Been using single coated APO Artars, APO Ronar, APO Nikkor since the mid-1980 for color transparency, color negative and B & W films, never had any issues with the sun in the image taken at f11 to f32.


Explain.


Bernice

This is good to read. I have stopped using single coating process lenses thinking bad reflexes was the rule. Wish I had examples.

Big Wehman, Toyo 5x7" and a small Chamonix

[Bernice Loui]

Bird of Paradise, 9-1/2" RD Artar, 5x7 Kodak 64T film at almost 1:1. The sun at the lower right hand corner of this image.
Low resolution scan, do not expect much.. does give some idea of what it the results might be.

Have an entire collection of RD Artars, they are used from infinity to 1:1 for taking aperture from f16 to f32.


Bernice

This is good to read. I have stopped using single coating process lenses thinking bad reflexes was the rule. Wish I had examples.

Big Wehman, Toyo 5x7" and a small Chamonix

[olegkasko]

Thank you all for your advice!

The 210 is a MC lens corrected for 1:3 to 3:1 and more then covers 810 at these ranges. To use it from 3:1 you put the large front cell in the front of the shutter and the smaller cell in the back. For 1:1 to 3:1 you mount the small cell in fron and the large cell in the back. For 1:1 it does not matter how you assemble the cells.

The 180 replaced the 210mm and is corrected for 1:5 to 5:1. The cells are not swapped around through this range.
This lens also fully covers 810 and is also MC and Apo corrected for photographic purposes.

the 2 ApoMacros replaced the 2 earlier Makro Sironars.

If you are shooting macro and need to retain image shape and want to minimize foreshortening then you want the 210 as the shorter 180 would emphasize foreshortening.

Both are excellent lenses the Apo Macro Sironar is less fussy as you don’t need to swap the front and rear groups.

Both are lousy at infinity. These are true macro lenses!

Thank you! Very useful information!

[Bob Salomon]

Thank you all for your advice!



Thank you! Very useful information!

BTW, Apo will make a difference in B&W as well as color.

The Apo definition means that lateral chromatic aberrations in the secondary spectrum have been corrected to a very minor percentage of the focal length of the lens so color fringing is eliminated or greatly limited. In B&W this results in finer lines in high contrast situations, for instance, fine stems are reproduced as finer lines since fringing is gone.

[Bernice Loui]

Yes indeed, not often appreciated detail of true APO lenses when used for B & W. The more common belief (myth really) lenses used for B & W do not demand excellent color correction which is simply not true.


Bernice

BTW, Apo will make a difference in B&W as well as color.

The Apo definition means that lateral chromatic aberrations in the secondary spectrum have been corrected to a very minor percentage of the focal length of the lens so color fringing is eliminated or greatly limited. In B&W this results in finer lines in high contrast situations, for instance, fine stems are reproduced as finer lines since fringing is gone.