Hello,
already longer time I have a wide angle lens on the waiting list and mostly because of financial reasons it did not make it through yet. But first - my current set consists of 125/5.6, 210/6.8 and 400/8. The camera is Tachihara 4x5.
The usage of the wide angle lens would be both exteriors (landscape cityscapes) but I would like to try some interiors as well (houses churches) and therefore would prefere a good coverage.
Now - there are several problems. The main one is the desision wheter should I go with 75 or 90mm lens (the 80mm XL is out of the $$ range). The 90mm one is indeed more common one - peple say it is easier to use. But I am worried it may be too close to the 125. The 75 is more of a special lens - indeed very wide but one can still crop in the worst case. So - I am leaning more towards the 75 at the moment. The best woul be to have both for a while and try them out but I do no see such a possibility in the near future.
Now - on the technical side. For the 75 lenses I would prefere either Nikkor or Grandagon N (Caltar) - only the 4.5 versions because of the coverage. For the 90mm I would probably go for a f8 lens because of the size/weight. I have seen Grandagon 90/4.5 once and it was HUGE. Maybe the Grandagon 6.8 would be also an option. So in the 90mm class I would prefere Nikkor followed by all the rest (Grandagon, Super Angulon and Fujinon).
[And then there are lenses like Angulon 90/6.8, Congo/Osaka 90/6.8 geronar 90/8, aristostigmats, optars and others that are not considered here NOT because of the quality, but because of the coverage]
But I would like to ask how do the older versions perform? They I usually quite a bit cheaper. I mean Super Angulon 75/5.6 and 90/8 - single coated versions or Grandagon (without the "N")? Also the Fujinon 90 SW and 75 SWD single coated ones .. What is your experiance ? Which would you chose or avoid ?
thanks
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