Are Fujinon lens all low contrasty?

[rustyair]

Hi,

I'm after low contrasty lenses and I've heard that fujinon lenses are low contrasty.
Are Fujinon lenses all low contrasty?

What are my low contrasty lens choices between 65-150mm?

Thanks!

[Dan Fromm]

No. Ain't no modern low contrast lenses. You can control contrast in the negative with exposure and development and when printing.

[rustyair]

No. Ain't no modern low contrast lenses. You can control contrast in the negative with exposure and development and when printing.

I've been googling about this and there are people who compared fujinon lenses with other brands saying fujinon has less contrasty.

[Ari]

Having owned examples from all four of the major manufacturers, I'd say Fuji's are near the top in terms of contrast, moreso than their German counterparts at least.
Of course, there are some specific lenses known for lower contrast, prone to flare, etc.
You might even get a rare dud (if it's from the single-coated era).

See Kerry Thalmann's excellent Fujinon lens page.

[Gem Singer]

I have been using Fujinon and Nikon/Nikkor LF lenses for more than twenty five years.

Both lens manufacturers use excellent coatings.

I can assure you, their lenses are extremely sharp and contrasty.

Whoever told you otherwise does not know what they are talking about.

[Lachlan 717]

I love Fujinon lenses. To me, they have a slighter warmer rendering compared to the German equivalents.

If they were not as good as the German optics, I doubt that Hasselblad would have used Fuji for the Xpan series cameras.

[Michael Kadillak]

I've been googling about this and there are people who compared fujinon lenses with other brands saying fujinon has less contrasty.

The honest to God truth is that all modern lenses with multi coating are highly effective at transmitting an enormous percentage of quality light to the film and you would be hard pressed to quality or quantify the differences between them. They are ALL fabulous although there are those that for some reason have a natural bias to one manufacturer or another. I would be willing to bet that they have not diligently completed a rigorous testing procedure and subjected the same exposure to identical film and development to four major manufacturers lenses of the same focal length and compared the results. The reality is that someone used a Fuji lens and was short an exposure by a full stop or more and determined that the lens was at fault.

I have Rodenstock, Nikon, Fuji, Kodak, Schneider, Doctor, Goerz and Zeiss lenses in my lens cases and use them interchangeably with little concern that they will perform optimally. Expose fully and do not short change the development and you will consistently produce a robust negative and an expressive print.

[rustyair]

I have been using Fujinon and Nikon/Nikkor LF lenses for more than twenty five years.

Both lens manufacturers use excellent coatings.

I can assure you, their lenses are extremely sharp and contrasty.

Whoever told you otherwise does not know what they are talking about.

I think they are talking about single coated fujinon lenses.

[ic-racer]

I think they are talking about single coated fujinon lenses.

I have examples of both single and multi coated Fujinons and I can say the single coated ones are only low contrast when attacked by fungus and haze
Perhaps the OP is referring to the Fujinon SF lenses.

[Dan Fromm]

I think they are talking about single coated fujinon lenses.

You are making excuses for not having a working in-built BS detector.