abruzzi
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Doremus mentions the 203mm f7.7 Ektar, these are coated dialyte lenses, and they are excellent from Infinity to 1:1. They were sold for medical/dental, police & forensic, scientific, as well as general purpose use with Kodak's Specialist 2 Half plate cameras
Here in the UK/Europe they were made by Kodak Ltd, one advantage is they are all in standard Compur/Copal #0 sized shutters, the earliest in the Kodak Epsilon, later Prontor SVS, neither have a shutter preview lever, the Prontor SVS only has B - so you need a locking cable release, the Epsilon at least has a T setting. Very late versions were in a Compur #0.
If size/weight is an issue the 90mm f6.8 Anguulon is an excellent lens. I have one in my light weight kit.
Ian
Yeah, I was able to resurrect my 203mm by moving the sels from an old Compur to a more recent black Copal 1. I still have the compur, but it has a lot of things wrong with it, so the transplant made the most sense.
I was testing a 65mm Angulon on a digital back, and it was suprisingly sharp. People look down on the Angulons because usually they have very little room for movement on their reccomended format. (65mm-->6x9, 90mm-->4x5, 120mm-->5x7, 185-->8x10.) But I try to avoid the big wides (I assume they are all boigon derivatives--Super Angulon, Grandagon, SW, etc.) I don't shoot wide that often, and when I do, I don't use much in the way of movements, so I'm satified with the baby angulon.