As a german magazine reports at least these lenses will be affected and more will follow:
Apo-Sironar S 100 mm
Apo-Sironar S 180 mm
Apo-Sironar S 240 mm
Apo-Sironar S 300 mm
Apo-Sironar S 360 mm
Apo-Macro Sironar 120 mm
Apo-Macro Sironar 180 mm
Grandagon N 65 mm
Grandagon N 75 mm
Grandagon N 90 mm
I'm presuming they're concentrating on their line of Apo-Sironar Digital (HR) lenses, there's enough second-hand LF lenses floating around at less than half the price of new to make manufacturing new ones rather uncompetitive.
You can avoid that problem if you use a focal plane shutter such as a Graflex Model D or a Speed Graphic.
You can avoid that problem if you use a focal plane shutter such as a Graflex Model D or a Speed Graphic.
I saw this on LFF and the thread got way crazy lol!
But, my main response is .... I fail to see how a company that makes high end optics, has trouble designing a (relatively) simple shutter for their own lenses....
-) A central shutter is anything but simple. Though with electronics one can do without that timing mechanics.
-) I doubt there is a market justifying investment in a new shutter.
The technology for modern leaf shutters is not exactly new, I can't imagine it being that costly to create one...
It doesn't have to be faster than 1/500 and there were 1/200 shutters in like the 1930's... And the flash sync is nothing new, my yashica44lm has a flash x-sync that does 1/500 and that's from like the 1950's? Or so...
So I can't see it being that difficult for them to design one.
So when exactly did copal case their shutter production? And what am I left with if I wish to buy a brand new 4x5 macro lens in a year or two?
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