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Thoughts on wide angle 8x10 lens for architectural interior shots?

The 165mm f8 Super Angulon is huge in comparison to the Wollensak 159mm Ex.W.A. I have both.




The third lens almost covers 10x8 and is a Ross Wide Angle Anastigmat 141mm f16, this one is marked A (crown) M, so Air Ministry. It's a Ross Zeiss WA "Protar", it covers Whole plate at f32.

Ian
 
The commonly encountered Wollensak Optical Company 159mm (6.25”) wide angle lenses for 8x10” are either f/9.5 or f/12.5. A half century of name, design, and coating changes can be confusing, so here’s a quick chronological overview of the four variations and their identifying marks:
  • From 1909-1945, the f/9.5 lenses were an 8/4 design, uncoated, and labeled “Velostigmat Series III.”
  • From 1922-1946, the f/12.5 lenses were a 4/2 design, uncoated, and labeled “Series IIIa EX. W.A.”
  • From 1946-1953, the f/12.5 lenses changed to a coated 4/4 design. These were labeled “Velostigmat Extreme W.A” (in 1946), then “Anastigmat Extreme W.A.” (for the balance of production).
  • From 1952 until production ended, the f/9.5 8/4 design was brought back, modernized and coated, and labeled “Anastigmat Wide Angle” (from 1952-mid 1953) and then “Raptar Wide Angle” (for the balance of production).
 
That's good info.

And, I'm a goof. Mine is the f9.5 "Anastigmat wide Angle."
 

No such masochistic urges, at my age. And thanks for these other suggestions. Of course, the 159mm Wollensack I’d been eyeing on eBay for $600 dropped to $250 while I was on vacation and missed it!
 
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