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In preparation for finishing my physical gallery I have visited several this summer. I visited two of the Rodney Lough Jr galleries who is a large format film guy. He recently shot a few images with the P65+ on an alpa 12 max using an 80mm super symmar xl lens.
The image circle on that lens is more than 200mm making it ideal for Pano stitching which I do a lot of.
The interesting thing was his images were shot at f/32 giving incredible depth of field. Looking at a couple of 45x80 prints the detail is extremely sharp. Sharp enough to see blades of grass for a good 50 yards.
I have the digitar 72mm which is phenomal at f/8 and f/11 but degrades substantially by f/16 and is not usable (IMO) by f/22. In addition the image circle is marginal with the p65 for wide panos.
I can pick up a used 80mm for less than $1000 and was wondering if anyone has experience with the super symmar xl 80mm. I have the 150mm and it is very sharp at f/22.
The image circle on that lens is more than 200mm making it ideal for Pano stitching which I do a lot of.
The interesting thing was his images were shot at f/32 giving incredible depth of field. Looking at a couple of 45x80 prints the detail is extremely sharp. Sharp enough to see blades of grass for a good 50 yards.
I have the digitar 72mm which is phenomal at f/8 and f/11 but degrades substantially by f/16 and is not usable (IMO) by f/22. In addition the image circle is marginal with the p65 for wide panos.
I can pick up a used 80mm for less than $1000 and was wondering if anyone has experience with the super symmar xl 80mm. I have the 150mm and it is very sharp at f/22.