120mm with a bit of character?

[Jim Galli]

Can you define "character"? To me a Dagor is so interchangeable with every other modern lens that it isn't something that comes to mind when I think character or identifiable personality. You may be dis-appointed. A 120 is a wide field lens for 4X5 and most or all 4X5 lenses that have any real character are more in the longer lengths for the format. This is because lenses with personality are usually from an era where coverage was limited to 40 degrees. You and I might very well be talking about 2 entirely different things though. A 120mm lens with character is probably an achromatic meniscus from one of the earliest Kodak folders circa 1908. Open it up and throw away the aperture, and you'll have a lens with some personality dis-orders.

[Glenn Thoreson]

I have a really cool 121mm Weitwinkel Anastigmat that I'm betting has all the "character" one could handle. Not sure. Haven't used it yet. It does cover 4X5 right fine, though. If you're looking for "character" I doubt a RR would be to your liking. Most of those things are just too sharp to qualify. Never shot one wide open, though. It might be scary.