[LargeFormat] 490 degrees of doubt

Dave Southwood largeformat@f32.net
Tue Sep 11 19:33:19 2001


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please assist me in the conclusion of a 490mm conundrum..........

i own a linhof carl zeiss sonnar 250mm F5.6 whose shutter works and as =
far as i can make out produces a very sharp image. its in top condition. =
the problem is its very big and i walk around with huge amounts of =
equipment already.

i have been offered a rodenstock 240mm F5.6 sironar copal no. 3 for a =
song.

do i sell the beast to a collector and buy the more modern lens. what =
are the attributes of the rodenstock? coverage, shutter quality etc?

i use a technika 4 by 5 mark IV and have another which i need to =
jettison as well as a 5 by 7 which i need to sell. can anyone suggest a =
suitable forum?

will the rodenstock be accomodated by the a technika lensboard, it has a =
large girth?

i also want to do some maintainance on my hasselbald 500 C body. =
pointers to a good user group please?

many thanks=20

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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>please assist me in the conclusion of&nbsp;a 490mm=20
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>i own a linhof carl zeiss sonnar 250mm F5.6 whose =
shutter=20
works and as far as i can make out produces&nbsp;a very sharp image. its =
in top=20
condition. the problem is its very big and i walk around with huge =
amounts of=20
equipment already.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>i have been offered a rodenstock 240mm F5.6 sironar =
copal no.=20
3 for a song.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>do i sell the beast to a collector and buy the more =
modern=20
lens. what are the attributes of the rodenstock? coverage, shutter =
quality=20
etc?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>i use a technika 4 by 5 mark IV and have another =
which i need=20
to jettison as well as a 5 by 7 which i need to sell. can anyone suggest =
a=20
suitable forum?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>will the rodenstock be accomodated by the a technika =

lensboard, it has a large girth?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>i also want to do some maintainance on my hasselbald =
500 C=20
body. pointers to a good user group please?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>many thanks</FONT>&nbsp;</DIV></BODY></HTML>

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