Which 65?

thuggins · Mar 7, 2022

Any thoughts on the Schneider Super Angulon 65mm/f5.6 or Rodenstock 65mm/4.5 Grandagon?

Ian Grant · Mar 7, 2022

Either, both have the same 170mm Image Circle. If you can find the Grandagon N at a good price that extra speed will make focussing easier.

Ian

MARTIE · Mar 7, 2022

I find 65mm very tight on 4x5" allowing little to no movements, if it's not an imperative you may find a 75mm lens preferable, which is still plenty wide for this format.

Steve Goldstein · Mar 7, 2022

Ian Grant said:
Either, both have the same 170mm Image Circle.

As do the Nikkor-SW 65mm f/4 and the Fujinon-SWD 65mm f/5.6. I doubt you'd find any practical difference between any of them.

Ian Grant · Mar 7, 2022

Steve Goldstein said:
As do the Nikkor-SW 65mm f/4 and the Fujinon-SWD 65mm f/5.6. I doubt you'd find any practical difference between any of them.

I agree, I use a 90mm f6.8 Grandagon and also a 90mm f5.6 Super Angulon, and you can't see any differences. I've had a 65mm f8 Super Angulon since the late 1980's it barely covers 5x4 and is in a Compur #00 shutter, and decided if I ever replaced it I would get a 90mm f4.5 Grandagon N, In the end I added a 75mm f5.6 Super Angulon which I found at a bargain price, I find it's more useful than the 65mm. I'd bought a NIB 75mm f8 Super Angulon for my 6x17 camera a few years earlier and tried it on my Wista, and realised I like the FL. As the 6x17 camera is scale focussu=ing being f8 isn't an issue.

Ian

Mal Paso · Mar 15, 2022

After years focusing a f8 65 Super Angulon often in poor light I got the f4 Nikon 65mm. I do my own processing and can crop to 75mm so I personally wouldn't get a focal length that close. On the other hand if a lens needed to be rescued or something....

outwest · Mar 17, 2022

I have the SA 65mm f/8 on my Travelwide. Works great and no complaints;-)

Neil Poulsen · Mar 18, 2022

I have a 58mm SA XL, which being close in focal length, obviates the need for a 65mm.

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