I bought my first 8x10 lens. Well at least I think it did. Not exactly what I was looking for and could not find much info on it but the price was right and I needed to make a quick decision on it. it is a Symmar-S 6,8 /360 in a Copal 3 shutter that goes from f5.6 to f64. My guess is that I will need to relabel the F-Stops on the front because there is no way the numbers on the font correspond to the actual lens.
I have an old lens-board that came with the camera I have (Calumet c-1) but it does not say anything on it so I do not know if it is for a copal-3. Also between the first half of the lens and the back half of the lens there is a ring that is supposed to be used to help it mount to the lens board but not sure how that works.
Is this a good lens? What is the coverage (image circle)? Is it the same thing as the Schneider APO-Symmar360 which says the coverage is 491? Also, it is Heavy! My guess is it would not work with a Kodak Masterview, an Intrepid or any other field camera, correct?
I would love to hear what people think. Also, please don't crap on me. I got it cheap. I am not going to sell it. I would love to see if I can make it work.
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