Recently there was a thread discussing the Rollei Heidosmat and it's apparent "Xenotar" rebrand under Schneider's ownership. I happened to see one mounted already for a Speed so bought it to test.
I am going to do a 3-way comparison shoot with the 150mm f/2.8 Rollei Heidosmat, classic 150mm f/2.8 Schneider Xenotar, and 153mm f/2.5 Kodak Aero-Ektar, to see what objective and subjective differences can be seen. The Rollei cost me approximately 1/10th the typical price of a Xenotar, and the AE is somewhere in between, so should be interesting. Perhaps I'll even add in a 150mm Zeiss Tessar, 150mm APO Symmar, and 150mm APO Lanthar lenses to spice things up. Probably will cut down some green-sensitive x-ray film to use.
Shown with my Linhof Master Technika and "K-12" Army Signal Corp Speed Graphic. Oh and my 125mm Xenon to complete my aerial recon lens collection:
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