Louis,
My experience comes from many years as an architectural photographer, and for fast 8x10's and 11x14's the SWC was the go to camera for 30 years. If there was a bit more time, I'd use a Cambo Wide with roll film back with 47SA and 65 Grandagon, and later the 47XL-SA and 35 Apo Grandagon for any MF stuff. All four of these, and especially the latter two have more coverage for their angles of view and needed centre filters, but the last two especially eclipsed the 38 Biogon in almost every respect. I've also had 75 and 43 Biogons, and the latter was very good, but I find the better current designs generally 'better' than the old Biogons. 'Better' is of course a very subjective term.
Upon reflection, it was also silly of me to compare an MF lens designed for film with a m43 lens designed for a specific digital sensor. Apples and potatoes.
Doesn't mean I don't feel a great deal of fondness for the SWC, which I still have and occasionally use in conjunction with a Mamiya 6 set.
Henning
My experience comes from many years as an architectural photographer, and for fast 8x10's and 11x14's the SWC was the go to camera for 30 years. If there was a bit more time, I'd use a Cambo Wide with roll film back with 47SA and 65 Grandagon, and later the 47XL-SA and 35 Apo Grandagon for any MF stuff. All four of these, and especially the latter two have more coverage for their angles of view and needed centre filters, but the last two especially eclipsed the 38 Biogon in almost every respect. I've also had 75 and 43 Biogons, and the latter was very good, but I find the better current designs generally 'better' than the old Biogons. 'Better' is of course a very subjective term.
Upon reflection, it was also silly of me to compare an MF lens designed for film with a m43 lens designed for a specific digital sensor. Apples and potatoes.
Doesn't mean I don't feel a great deal of fondness for the SWC, which I still have and occasionally use in conjunction with a Mamiya 6 set.
Henning