Hello,
I have the opportunity to have this symmar 5.6/300 convertible 12/500.
The immediate propose would be to do that kind of picture, meaning sunset with the sun right in front of the lense. Those pictures were done on Hasselblad/zeiss 4/150 CT* an 4/50 CF on provia 100F and Ekta 100VS.
Would this lense accept such sun right in face as did my Zeiss / Hasselblad ?
It will be used on a Sinar f2 4X5
A T* Hasselblad lens is multi coated so it has very low flare.
Is the lens that you are looking at multi coated? If not then you will have flare.
It is the question I was asking...
The 'convertible' Schneider Symmars are single-coated. They were made from the mid-'50s until 1972, when the line was replaced by the Symmar-S type. These, too, were single-coated for the first several years of production; later versions are multi-coated and say so on the lens mount. I have used several 'convertible' Symmars, but never for the type of picture you envision.
Pre-multicoated lenses aren't necessarily Single coated, this is a misnomer anyway as many later lenses have more than one coating.
My experience with Schneider Super Angulons is the later black versions (pre-MC) have far better coatings than the earlier silver (metal) versions, the same goes for the Sironar (mine's a convertible).
Ian
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