Same focal length, same camera, same film format, the slower one is a zillion times bigger than the other.

ic-racer · Jul 17, 2022

The big one is pretty cool, however. They made that monster for the SLX, SL66 and Hassy.
Then new one is not only smaller and faster, it is sharper at the corners. No autofocus, the shortest AF in the series is the 50mm/2.8 AFD.

Shown: Zeiss 40mm/4 Distagon and Schneider 40mm/3.5 Super Angulon for Rollei 6000 series SLR cameras.

ic-racer · Jul 17, 2022

Sirius Glass · Jul 17, 2022

ic-racer said:
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Great cameras. I almost bought those instead of Hasselblad.

ic-racer · Jul 17, 2022

Sirius Glass said:
Great cameras. I almost bought those instead of Hasselblad.

Do you have any 40mm or 50mm lenses? They made multiple versions over the years for Hasselblad too.

Sirius Glass · Jul 17, 2022

ic-racer said:
Do you have any 40mm or 50mm lenses? They made multiple versions over the years for Hasselblad too.

50mm CF lens and Hasselblad 903 SWC which has a 38mm lens [close to 40mm].

Huss · Jul 17, 2022

I approve of this thread title.

ic-racer · Jul 18, 2022

Huss said:
I approve of this thread title.

itsdoable · Jul 18, 2022

Exaggerated by about a half a zillion times? The original Zeiss 40mm is about 2x larger - which was par for the course with early wide angle lenses.

The cost of the compact size is usually distortion, unfortunately I cannot find a spec sheet for the Schneider.
But distortion can now be minimized in software...

Unfortunately the current trend in digital for highly corrected lenses is that they have now grown more than 2x bigger than the classic high quality film era lenses.

Sirius Glass · Jul 18, 2022

itsdoable said:
Exaggerated by about a half a zillion times? The original Zeiss 40mm is about 2x larger - which was par for the course with early wide angle lenses.

The cost of the compact size is usually distortion, unfortunately I cannot find a spec sheet for the Schneider.
But distortion can now be minimized in software...

Unfortunately the current trend in digital for highly corrected lenses is that they have now grown more than 2x bigger than the classic high quality film era lenses.

My lenses do not connect to a computer so how would one correct distortion in software?

ic-racer · Jul 18, 2022

This thread is in the ANALOG equipment section.
Distortion curves. Super-Angulon on the left and Distagon on the right. Both exhibit a mustache type mixed barrel distortion and pincushion.

Same focal length, same camera, same film format, the slower one is a zillion times bigger than the other.

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