Want to Buy Considering: Rollei 150mm f/4.6 Schneider Apo-Symmar Makro HF

sheremey · Feb 11, 2011

I don't have information on the current market price of this rare lens, so maybe I'll be shocked and silenced after learning the truth and stop thinking about it... Nevertheless, I'd appreciate any information on it's availability. Thank you!

TimVermont · Feb 11, 2011

You could try e-mailing DHW directly to see if they have any old stock. Price will be staggering. If memory serves, this lens is without helicoid focusing mount and requires either the zoom extension tube 22-68mm or the bellows to focus, which will also be hard to find. Two alternatives for you to consider: the older non-PQ Zeiss S-Planar 120 (the later PQ/S versions are prone to flare in my experience); or the 150/4 Schneider PQ, extension tubes added as needed.

sheremey · Feb 12, 2011

TimVermont said:
You could try e-mailing DHW directly to see if they have any old stock. Price will be staggering. If memory serves, this lens is without helicoid focusing mount and requires either the zoom extension tube 22-68mm or the bellows to focus, which will also be hard to find. Two alternatives for you to consider: the older non-PQ Zeiss S-Planar 120 (the later PQ/S versions are prone to flare in my experience); or the 150/4 Schneider PQ, extension tubes added as needed.

Thank you, Tim. By 150/4 Schneider, do you mean the Tele-Xenar? I could not find a lot of image samples produced by this one on the net. I afraid that there are no versions of S-Planar to fit 6008 Intergral II, or maybe I am wrong here? Another option, Makro-Planar 120, is criticized everywhere because of flare and unbearable softness at infinity; from the samples I can see on the net, the 120 Makro-Planar is beautiful in terms of image plasticity/bokeh, which may make a great portrait lens. I am still collecting information on the options to fit the portrait/macro niche for my new 6008. Thank you!

TimVermont · Feb 12, 2011

The 150/4 Tele-Xenar PQ is excellent and commands a premium over the Zeiss when it comes on the market. It will need an extension tube to focus close. All electronic Rollei lenses back to the very first SLX lens will work on a 6008. I use an S-Planar on a 6008AF.

ic-racer · Feb 13, 2011

I'd go with the S-Planar 120mm. They are pretty common. Maybe I got a good one. No softness or flare.

TimVermont · Feb 14, 2011

One further note on the 120/5,6 S-Planar, neither Zeiss nor Rollei recommends the use of proxars (close-up lenses) with this lens.

Want to Buy Considering: Rollei 150mm f/4.6 Schneider Apo-Symmar Makro HF

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