Marvin, All of the Apo-Lanthars that I have seen being used were for fashion illustrations, where every detail of the garment and the fabric had to be shown. The films used were Kodachrome and Ektachrome sheet film I suppose that the 'de trop' prices being asked now is just because of the current whims of some LF guru. Jerry Marvin Wallace wrote: > Bob, > This question is for someone like you as I guess you use your photographic > equipment. > > I have been shocked a couple of times by lenses which produced images of a > quality that I would describe as frightening (subjective as that is), Rollei > Planar is one and the 50mm Summicron 70s version another > > I don't know if other lenses are as good because I have not tested them! > > I say that to pre-emt the people who will say, that depends on what you are > comparing it with in a negative context, rather that saying nothing. > > So my question is; would you say that the performance of an Apo Lanthar is > noticeably better that other View Camera Standard lenses? > > Regards, > Marvin. > P.S. Photography is Fun. > > --- > Rollei List > > - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' > in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Online, searchable archives are available at > //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list