Originally Posted by
Bernice Loui
If the 90mm Super Angulon is in proper optical condition with a good shutter, it should be about identical to resolution with the 75mm sw nikkor at f16 to f45.
What is likely most different is contrast, Nikkor view camera lenses are know for their higher contrast. Higher contrast is not better or worst, it is nothing more than an aspect of lens personality.
Schneider made the Super Angulon for decades beginning with modest coatings to the last versions which were multi coated and have different contrast rendition than earlier versions... which version of Super Angulon are we dealing with_?_
Nikkor view camera lenses were multi-coated from the initial offerings. Nikkor and Fujinon view camera lenses were never very popular with working photographers back then as Rodenstock and Schneider were the highly preferred brands. In actual creative-expressive image making any of the big four Fujinon, Rodenstock, Nikkor, Schneider are easily more than capable of producing excellent images.. essentially interchangeable in every way... once the print making process comes into play.
Nikkor gained popularity with view camera folks in recent times due to familiarity with the Nikon brand known to 35mm and digital camera users.
Fujinon gained popularity due to web search and that now famed "lens test" that appears so very often.
From a focal length perspective, IMO the 90mm is most often used wide angle on 4x5, 75mm is "wider" and also useful depending on the image making needs. Camera will likely be the limiting factor to use the full image circle capability of the 75mm and possibly the 90mm. Once the field folder camera and standard bellows has been compressed down enough to focus the 75mm or 90mm, camera movements will be limited. Solution is to use a bag bellows. This holds true for the majority of view cameras. One problem that can happen with field folders using really wide angle lenses with camera movement, the front bed of the camera can come into the image. This is why some field folders have a drop bed to solve this problem.
As for using recessed lens boards with wide angle lenses to aid in compressing the camera and bellows enough to achieve focus, they are a hassle. Having to deal with this on the Linhof Technikardan 23s with the 47mm or 38mm on recessed lens boards this size, do-able hassle to access shutter controls and flash sync (right angle PC connectors were done as an option).
Bernice
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