[LargeFormat] Schneider Angulon 120mm

Sun Jun 9 11:05:01 2002

I have a friend in Mass that uses one of the lenses on his 8x10 MasterView.
Sorta looks like a big Holga image.  Certainly won't cover.  Makes
interesting images.

lee
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Hough" <k4sb@niia.net>
To: <largeformat@f32.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2002 9:37 AM
Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] Schneider Angulon 120mm

> Urban lore. What BS! When I got roasted about my 120, I did a quick non
> scientific study why the lens was so poorly thought of. Here's what I
found.
> Poor shutters........The lens probably was not used enough and the lube
> dried.
> Did not cover enough........Its a 5x7 lens........DUH
> Too Dark to focus................The Super Angulon is F8 Go figure.
> Low Contrast "sometimes"..Mine too, Till I wipe the fingerprint off.
> Optics not good. Hummm. Being a repairman who recements lenses
> I wondered what gives here. I actually had a guy (whos on this list I
think)
> send me his. Angulons are cemented with Canadian Balsam. This cement
> Is refined till at anything less than 150 degrees F. it's a solid. Above
150 it
> turns plastic. So this lens was decemented. Its a reversed Dagor. Three
> elements in the front and rear. The front 3 came apart in a day or two. Of
the
> rear 3 only the rear inside double concave fell off right away. The convex
> cell stuck fast! It was "recemented" with crazy glue. This has happened to
4
> of these lenses I've recemented. The back 2 lenses fall off from, shock,
heat,
> brute force. After I recemented it it was just fine, as are all 120s.
> Ken
>
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> From:           Clive Warren <cocam@blueyonder.co.uk>
> Subject:        Re: [LargeFormat] Schneider Angulon 120mm
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> At 2:58 pm -0700 8/6/02, Karl Wolz wrote:
> >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.
>
> Thanks Ken and Karl for the feedback on the 120mm Angulon - makes me
> feel rather happy and keen to use the lens. Funny how these urban
> myths develop - makes you wonder how many people have actually used
> the lens rather than paraphrasing others' comments seen on the web.
>
> The little Angulon might make an interesting lens for 8x10 if I can
> recess the lens board far enough. Don't know what the circle of
> illumination is, but have a wideangle shot in mind that involves some
> architecture with minimal movements. The gradual fade out of the
> image to the edges would work well with the subject.
>
> First job next week is to make another 4x4 lens board for the 120mm.
>
> Cheers,
>         Clive
>
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