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Unfortunately have to answer no, to that Robert - only the 90mm Super-Angulon XL (which I try quite regularlyroteague said:...Have you tried the Schneider 80mm Super Symmar Aspheric XL lens? I was wondering how that lens handles movements. This lens has my name all over it.
). Schneider have good published notes of their lens image circles, however.John McCallum said:Unfortunately have to answer no, to that Robert - only the 90mm Super-Angulon XL (which I try quite regularly
Yes! and Schneider's coverage numbers are very conservative - in my experience!
Tom Hoskinson said:
The published numbers for that lens shows it having a 212mm image circle.
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This question is almost meaningless unless you state what kind of photography you do.
I'm a landscape painter. My primary interest is taking landscape photos to paint from so I use a Nikkor 50mm 1.8. Why 50mm? Because the angle of view is apropriate for a landscape painting. What I mean by that is, if you take say a 12" wide painting and hang it on a wall, the normal viewing distance is about arms length. The angle subtended by eyeballs to either side of the painting is about the same angle as a 50mm lens.
If I wish to zoom in on a distant feature, say an island on a salt marsh, I scan the slide and enlarge in photoshop. I think of this as my "digital zoom lens". Results may not be as good as shooting with a zoom lens. but it's adequate for my needs and saves carrying a lot of gear in the field.
Since most of my shots are taken in unusual places, out on a salt marsh, in a kayak, etc I use a robust Nikon FM-10 which will take as good a picture as any other camera when used with the correct lens and film.
I have a digital Sony 717 which takes wonderful pictures but is a b$%ch to use in the field, as are most dc's. Also, the Sony pics, while I call them "wonderful", do have a certain "clinically pure" look to them which I don't care for. So the 717 stays in the studio where I use it to put stuff up on me web site.
I'm a landscape painter. My primary interest is taking landscape photos to paint from so I use a Nikkor 50mm 1.8. Why 50mm? Because the angle of view is apropriate for a landscape painting. What I mean by that is, if you take say a 12" wide painting and hang it on a wall, the normal viewing distance is about arms length. The angle subtended by eyeballs to either side of the painting is about the same angle as a 50mm lens.
If I wish to zoom in on a distant feature, say an island on a salt marsh, I scan the slide and enlarge in photoshop. I think of this as my "digital zoom lens". Results may not be as good as shooting with a zoom lens. but it's adequate for my needs and saves carrying a lot of gear in the field.
Since most of my shots are taken in unusual places, out on a salt marsh, in a kayak, etc I use a robust Nikon FM-10 which will take as good a picture as any other camera when used with the correct lens and film.
I have a digital Sony 717 which takes wonderful pictures but is a b$%ch to use in the field, as are most dc's. Also, the Sony pics, while I call them "wonderful", do have a certain "clinically pure" look to them which I don't care for. So the 717 stays in the studio where I use it to put stuff up on me web site.
tomtom said:
Not a lens? It is the only camera in the world that has:
"Professor Radionov's extra-special and totally sexy lens. It is the close-up/long range/ night vision and ever-watchful glass eye from Russia with THE RELENTLESS WINK."
I love my LCA.
Must have lenses for a desert island.
35mm
A 50mm Macro. I use a Olympus Zuiko 50mm F3.5. It is the sharpest lense I own (Even with a scratched rear element).
Second choice a 24mm.
Third choice a 100mm
4x5
90mm. There has been mention of the Nikkor 90mm F8. I use this lense. Although dim it is still useable. Cost effective. Extremely sharp!!
150mm Rodenstock APO Sironar S. A good lense if your starting out with 4x5. My favorite 4x5 lense.
35mm
A 50mm Macro. I use a Olympus Zuiko 50mm F3.5. It is the sharpest lense I own (Even with a scratched rear element).
Second choice a 24mm.
Third choice a 100mm
4x5
90mm. There has been mention of the Nikkor 90mm F8. I use this lense. Although dim it is still useable. Cost effective. Extremely sharp!!
150mm Rodenstock APO Sironar S. A good lense if your starting out with 4x5. My favorite 4x5 lense.
One lens and one lens only..........,
its got to be a 55/60 Macro!
Julian
its got to be a 55/60 Macro!
Julian
Nice to see other Olympus users out there. My favorite three are the 35/2.8, 50/3.5 and 100/2.8. These are my go-everywhere lenses. After that it's the 24/2.8 and 200/4.
Hmm. That's about everything in my entire 35mm kit.
Hmm. That's about everything in my entire 35mm kit.
If my camera was my 4x5...
schnieder sa 38mm xl (6x12) or 47mm
schnieder sa 72mm xl (4x5)
14" comm ektar (4x5) or some modern lens of similar length
or Mamiya 6
50mm, 75mm, 150mm
big suprise! the only lenses ever made for it
or Nikon FE2 35mm (I'd have to borrow it)
17mm, 35mm 180mm
schnieder sa 38mm xl (6x12) or 47mm
schnieder sa 72mm xl (4x5)
14" comm ektar (4x5) or some modern lens of similar length
or Mamiya 6
50mm, 75mm, 150mm
big suprise! the only lenses ever made for it
or Nikon FE2 35mm (I'd have to borrow it)
17mm, 35mm 180mm
28mm f/2.8 50mm f/1.4 100mm f/2.
Those should cover it for me.
Those should cover it for me.
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