[pure-silver] Re: spoiled by my new lens
- From: Charlie Thorsten <charlie_thorsten@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 7 May 2007 13:16:36 -0700 (PDT)
--- Shannon Stoney <sstoney@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Oops, I have had a hasselblad for a year now, and I
> have just been
> printing negatives I made last summer with it. I
> photographed the
> same subject (an old farmhouse) with my 150mm lens
> on my view camera,
> and the view camera negatives are decidedly inferior
> to the medium
> format Hasselblad negatives. I think it might be
> because the view
> camera 150mm lens is not very good. I got it when I
> was a student,
> about eight years ago, and it was very inexpensive.
> It is a Sinaron
> S, and it seemed fine until, oh, I guess today.
>
> I know that price is not always proportional to
> quality, but...I am
> thinking of upgrading. What would be a view camera
> lens that is like
> the lens on the Hassie? I love that lens. It's the
> Zeiss C T*.
> Does Karl Zeiss make lenses for view cameras?
>
> (PS I also like my plastic Holga lens. I'm not a
> lens snob really!)
>
> --shannon
The Schneider 150mm APO-Symmar is probably the most
razor-sharp "normal" 4x5 lens, but there wouldn't
be a huge difference. Your Sinaron is a Rodenstock
Sironar that's been relabeled by Sinar. It should
be extremely sharp unless there's something wrong
with it (haze, fungus, got dropped on the sidewalk).
Unfortunately Zeiss hasn't made large-format lenses
for a long time. Their lenses for Hasselblad are
amazing aren't they? I've shot with a Rolleiflex
(which uses similar Zeiss glass) and I get spoiled
by the crispness and edge definition.
-Charlie
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