Caltar type-S ?

bobfowler

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Do you mean "Series-S"?
 

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"Caltar" lenses are notoriously confusing. Some are rebranded Schneider, some are rebranded Rodenstock, and only a few people seem to know which is which.

I am not one of those few people, unfortunately.
 

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hello,
I try to find info on this lens, it's seems like a Sironar.
I have find more info on Caltar II, N and S who seems like Sironar-N and S.
If someone know the Caltar type-s, quality is about Symmar or Symmar-S ?
(I'm talking about Symmar because I never use a Rodenstock lens).

Thanks all.
 

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Caltar Type S is Rodenstock Sironar. In general terms that's the same vintage/generation as Schneider Symmar.
 

temps variable

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the Type-S is made about 1973, I would prefer it's near Symmar-s than Symmar (made about 1960).
 

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Kerry Thalmann prepared a comprehensive history of Caltar lenses in the May/June 2003 issue of View Camera.

This article identifies three groups of "S" Caltars:

A 215mm Caltar S (1967 - 1977) made by Ilex
A family of "Type S" Caltars (1970 - 1976) made by Rodenstock
A family of "Caltar-S II) lenses (1976-1980) made by Schenider

So it seems we need more information on the lens in question to know its parentage.
 

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Don't forget about the Caltar HR's, which are Fujinons (just to muddy the waters even further). Dean
 

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If you look at the link I posted, it has a table with the complete information on all Caltar lenses. This is the second post today where I went throught the trouble of researching and posting links only to be totally ignored.

Maybe it is the server problem shuffling things around, I don't know....
 

Dan Fromm

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Nope, few people who respond on BBS bother to read previous responses. You may have annoyed everyone but me so much that they're all ignoring you, but I can't believe that.

Cheers,

Dan
 
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