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[steven0356]

I would like to get a 90mm lens for my Speed Graphic, I am looking for some advice about which lenses I should look at, and where ( besides KEH and ebay) I could look for such a lens.

Thanks in advance.

Steve

[steven0356]

There is a 90 8.0 Schneider Super Angulon lens on ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3867228302&fromMakeTrack=true

does anyone have an opinion about this lens? F8 seems a little on the show side. Would a lens like this be hard to focus?

What should this lens sell for?

Thanks

[Les]

For Schneider there are Angulons (f6.8 ) and Super Angulons.

Both series had a 90mm lens. Infact there were two 90mm Supers, an f8 and an f5.6. The 5.6 is a huge lens and will be difficult to use on a Graphic.

The non-Super Angulons are physically similar to a 127mm Ektar in that the lens is relatively flat. The Supers on the other hand are large and heavy and have an hour-glass shape.

The supers will cover 5x7, so you'll be buying a lens capable of movements you can't use and the camera probably won't close.

For the limited movements of a Graphic I suggest

88mm Bausch & Lomb (best value as these go cheap)
90mm Optar/Raptar (can be a good performer, but quality varies, make sure you get one in a sync'd shutter)
90mm Angulon (probably has a better coating the the Optar)
3.5" WA Dagor (most expensive of the bunch, but will cover a bit more and you shoulld focus stopped down)

[ This Message was edited by: Les on 2005-01-17 17:14 ]

[disemjg]

Midwest lists several WA Optars and 90 Angulons in their current sale flyer. They can also provide a drilled lens board to go with it.

[ This Message was edited by: disemjg on 2005-01-17 19:23 ]

[Rangemaster]

In the world of Large Format, f/8 is not considered that slow, you will find many that are this and slower, I use an optar that is great for landscape work that is what would be considered slow with no problems at all.

Happy Shooting

Dave

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[djon]

I wish I still had my 88mm B&L..it wasn't as sharp as my Nikors, but it paid the bills.

Was that a Dagor design?

Faster lenses are better if you're doing tabletop photography...5.6 is twice as bright as 8, as I recall

That said, if you have very bright focusing lights, perhaps unsoftened quartz, f8 is fine. Seems less than ideal if all one has is 500-750W in lightbox/umbrella modeling lights. Personal opinion.