I recently purchased a (used)Rodenstock Rodagon-WA 1:4 f=60mm lens with the intent of using it on my large format camera (4 x 5 Arca-Swiss.). I have since been told that the lenses may not have adequate coverage at infinity for this format. I am also starting to wonder if this is actually an enlarger lense. I would appreaseat it if someone could tell me what the circle of coverage is for this lense and if it is adiquate for 4 x 5.

Regards,

Chris

Chris

-- Chris Fraser (fraserc@magma.ca), July 29, 1999

Answers

Sorry about all the spelling mistakes... I pasted the spell-checked version from Word but something didn't work...

I recently purchased a (used) Rodenstock Rodagon-WA 1:4 f=60mm lens with the intent of using it on my large format camera (4 x 5 Arca-Swiss.). I have since been told that the lenses may not have adequate coverage at infinity for this format. I am also starting to wonder if is actually an enlarger lens. I would appreciate it if someone could tell me what the circle of coverage is for this lens and is adequate for 4 x 5.

Regards,

-- Chris Fraser (fraserc@magma.ca), July 29, 1999.

It's a wide angle enlarging lens for 6x6cm. That would mean the coveage is far too small to approach 45 at infinity

-- bob salomon (bobsalomon@mindspring.com), July 31, 1999.

We (at a commercial lab) use these lenses for 35mm at low enlarger heights when hitting multiples. The head is lens prone to vibration with all the baseboard activity. They are excellent enlarging lenses, very flat field. It might make a good copy lens, didn't the lack of a shutter give you a clue? Maybe you're real fast with a lens cap (ha)...t

-- tom meyer (jparady@mindspring.com), August 04, 1999.