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I'm surely very interested in a SK 35XL lens, I use an older digital back (no color cast issues like on the IQ180) and need the focal length...
I'm interested in most Schneider Digitar lenses actually (those I don't already have that is), these are very attractive for us amateurs using a bit older equipment.
However, as a view camera user I'm not interested in paying in the overhead of a helicon lens mount, which in the case of Alpa, Arca-Swiss and even Cambo is significant.
I guess it is not really possible to sell lens and mount separately? It would be infinitely hard to sell only a lens mount without a lens I suppose
The SK35 is also not my top priority lens, I have investigated the performance thoroughly with the help of this forum, and the effective image circle for those of us that have high expectation on pixel-peep corner sharpness seems to be about 75mm rather than 90 due to its field curvature. It's a better alternative than the 35mm Digaron-S which is hard-limited to 70mm, but 75mm high quality image circle is a bit less than I'd like anyway. So I was hoping that Schneider would introduce something like a super digitar 35mm, something that has more correction for field curvature while not being as extreme as the Rodenstock 32mm, but I guess that is not too likely. So if I see a suitable deal of a SK35XL I'd buy it.
I may be throwing in an Arca one in the mix, so we can have all bases covered
Stated confidently like a true born in the wool gear slut. :ROTFL:And no, I'm not trying to sell mine :thumbup:
The Alpa 36mm is a rebadge and slight adjustment to the Schneider 35mm. It's not a different lens.
Well, I find it far cheaper, easier and more legal to swap out lenses and cars than children and spouses. My wife has never disagreed with me on this
http://www.getdpi.com/forum/gear-fs...5mm-apo-digitar-35xl-$3650-center-filter.html
For reference Arca, Cambo, and Alpa all do testing of every lens they receive from Rodenstock and Schneider and return any that do not meet their expectations. So saying that Alpa hand selects theirs in a way that seemingly implies they are unique in scrutinizing the lenses they receive is, I feel, a diservice to Arca and Cambo.
I never like to pour salt onto nerve endings, so I never accused any company for not doing their homework. I am extremely happy (for the users) to know that Cambo and Arca Swiss also hand select their lens as we all know not all lens are made equal. I only use ALPA and thus can only attest to their quality and work flow. To be honest even if Cambo, Arca Swiss and ZinZanCam get better results than the ALPA, I still be using my ALPA SWA + SK 35 because I feel that it works best FOR ME.
