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Maybe. The magnification range that EL's are designed for may not be suitable for the reproduction of large paintings but are probably fine for medium/small ones. Rodagon-G's are designed for very ...

I'd be very interested to see how these two lenses compare when shooting identical subjects. The FE 1.8/55 is my reference for sharpness both at F1.8 and stopped down (but as you know it has ...

(jumping on the band-wagon of an old rebuttal) ABSOLUTELY! As I direct comparison, using a Canon TS-E 4/17 on a Canon 5D2 body (focusing using the optical finder, not Live View) is a crap shoot, ...

? Do you mean the Apo-Summicron-M which is F2?

The Canon FD 1.2/55 Aspherical is the best (in terms of sharpness) of the bunch of vintage F1.2 lenses that I have which include Canon FL 1.2/58, Hexanon AR 1.2/57 EE (late/black version), Yashica ...

I've noticed that many of my fast vintage lenses perform quite differently depending on the lighting in a scene. A lenses wide open performance could potentially be very 'sharp' (ie. exhibit high ...

There's a couple of people in the Fred Miranda forums using the APO-Rodagon-N 2.8/50 which might be worth searching for. The search function there is appalling so sorry I can't help much more than ...

Have you considered any of the apochromatic enlarging lenses which are easy to use on the Sony bodies with a helicoid? I'm referring specifically to the Rodenstock Apo-Rodagon-N 2.8/50, ...

It can't be as good. It focuses in the WRONG direction.

Fair enough. Personally I find longer focal lengths (in ts lenses) of relatively little use for architecture but that's just my own experience. I still use the Mamiya m645 lenses at times, with a ...

I have no experience with the specific equipment your looking at but essentially went through the same process with Canon DSLR's and Mamiya M645 lenses. In short, my advice is to save up for an ...

That sounds like it could be quite interesting. You might like the three element enlarging lenses such as Rodenstock Rogonar 2.8/50 and 4.5/75. There are plenty others, check out this list for ...

Define 'worthlessly bad'. To me, this covers almost all 'slow' lenses. On the other hand many would have no problem with that as lots of people like to shoot stopped down anyway. Most lenses, ...

Do you have any examples that illustrate this, especially the "rendering and oo transition, on FF"?

Why do you love this lens? I know it's good stopped down, but most lenses are, so why is this lens different in your view? I have this lens and virtually never use it, although it is one of my ...

I have about a dozen and no problems.

Go to ebay. Search hoods in the various thread sizes. Buy several, damn the 2 dollars each, try them, move on. I did this and now use various metal hoods for very little cost. My favourite hoods ...

Yes

Seriously, don't worry about other peoples opinions. You have the lenses, assuming you have adapters (I get that you may not), just compare them and keep what you like. Of the lenses you mention I ...

Kodak and Wollensak to name a couple but there were others. Of course this was all in the past with lenses typically for plate cameras although Kodak was around since the mid 1880's. Some Kodak ...