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Any large format lens will focus to infinity on any large format camera, so long as the lens can be mounted on a lensboard that will fit the front standard of the camera, and the minimum bellows extension of the camera is shorter than the flange focal distance of the lens.question the symmar-s series the 120 macro will focus to infinity as well correct? on 4X5
You need to drop your Leica thinking, LF lenses are different.Another silly question, and I can already guess the nature of the answers, but boke: do APO lenses have less attractive/classic boke than pre-APO lenses? Here I am thinking of the Leica M lenses, where this is often, but not always the case, and I am thinking specifically of the 210mm f/5.6 APO-Symmar from Schneider, compared to its ancestors.
If you can get a cheap Apo-Symmar then go for it. Symmar-S resolves less, and I believe is not multicoated. OTOH it is a convertible - you can remove the front element and get a longer focal length using the rear element.Another silly question, and I can already guess the nature of the answers, but boke: do APO lenses have less attractive/classic boke than pre-APO lenses? Here I am thinking of the Leica M lenses, where this is often, but not always the case, and I am thinking specifically of the 210mm f/5.6 APO-Symmar from Schneider, compared to its ancestors.
Carsten - Hi, I somehow strayed here, but shot mostly view camera work for many years. A 75 would be a good wide lens for 5x4, and after Leica you will be amazed at the low price of some fabulous S/H large format lenses. All my lenses are in Prontor shutters because they are self-cocking, I prefer them to Copal for that reason, though they will not be common S/H..... I might at some point want to do some architectural photography, so perhaps at that point, with a 75mm or even 65mm or 47mm lens....
The Symmar series was convertible, but that feature went away with the Symmar-S series. Most Symmar-S lenses are multicoated, though the very earliest ones are not. The biggest leap in bench-test performance was probably going from Symmar to Symmar-S.If you can get a cheap Apo-Symmar then go for it. Symmar-S resolves less, and I believe is not multicoated. OTOH it is a convertible - you can remove the front element and get a longer focal length using the rear element.
Not necessarily, and sometimes the newer lenses are better than the old.Another silly question, and I can already guess the nature of the answers, but boke: do APO lenses have less attractive/classic boke than pre-APO lenses? Here I am thinking of the Leica M lenses, where this is often, but not always the case, and I am thinking specifically of the 210mm f/5.6 APO-Symmar from Schneider, compared to its ancestors.