[LargeFormat] Schneider Angulon 120mm

[Karl Wolz]

I use the 120mm 6.8 Angulon and am quite satisfied with it.  I've said many
times that if I could only use one lens on a trip, the 120 would be it.

I've also been ridiculed considerably for this opinion.  I've been told that
it is unsharp, has low contrast, it is hard to focus, it has soft edges,
light fall-of is bad, and it is only usable at f:22.  Buncha bull, so far as
I'm concerned, and I have yet to find anyone who can pick the difference
between it and a "modern" equivalent.

Perhaps I was lucky in my selection, but for me, it's a great little lens.

Karl Wolz
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Hough" <k4sb@niia.net>
To: <largeformat@f32.net>
Sent: Saturday, June 08, 2002 2:07 PM
Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] Schneider Angulon 120mm


> I use one all the time. In another LF group I said what a great lens it
was and
> was flame roasted for weeks. Well mine is. I've recemented alot of these.
> Those that had deteriorating cement were soft. Focus shift..........???
Pure
> hype. I think they are better than the Super Angulon.Less fall off no need
for
> a center filter.
> Ken
>
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> From:           Clive Warren <cocam@blueyonder.co.uk>
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> Have just picked up one of these lenses after being curious about
> them for some time. This one is coated and in a Linhof Compur shutter
> - fairly late in the manufacturing run. I have read many comments
> about these lenses, some people saying that they are soft, some
> saying that they exhibit focus shift (which may be true as they are a
> reversed dagor in design). Theoretically they should be sharp little
> lenses - little being the operative word - great choice for a field
> outfit if it performs.
>
> Coverage is excellent with an image circle that covers 5x7 - could be
> used for a nifty homebrew 6x17 point and shoot :-)
>
> I finished the shutter CLA about half an hour ago. Just before the
> workshop I finished a number of lens board conversions to allow a
> standard 4x4 square board to be used on most cameras here. Of course
> now I have run out of 4x4 boards......
>
> Does anyone here use the 120mm and have any field experience they
> would like to pass on?
>
> Cheers,
>         Clive
>
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