[LargeFormat] Schneider Angulon 120mm

[Ken Hough]

Urban lore. What BS! When I got roasted about my 120, I did a quick non 
scientific study why the lens was so poorly thought of. Here's what I found.
Poor shutters........The lens probably was not used enough and the lube 
dried.
Did not cover enough........Its a 5x7 lens........DUH
Too Dark to focus................The Super Angulon is F8 Go figure.
Low Contrast "sometimes"..Mine too, Till I wipe the fingerprint off.
Optics not good. Hummm. Being a repairman who recements lenses
I wondered what gives here. I actually had a guy (whos on this list I think)
send me his. Angulons are cemented with Canadian Balsam. This cement
Is refined till at anything less than 150 degrees F. it's a solid. Above 150 it 
turns plastic. So this lens was decemented. Its a reversed Dagor. Three 
elements in the front and rear. The front 3 came apart in a day or two. Of the 
rear 3 only the rear inside double concave fell off right away. The convex 
cell stuck fast! It was "recemented" with crazy glue. This has happened to 4 
of these lenses I've recemented. The back 2 lenses fall off from, shock, heat, 
brute force. After I recemented it it was just fine, as are all 120s.
Ken

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At 2:58 pm -0700 8/6/02, Karl Wolz wrote:
>I use the 120mm 6.8 Angulon and am quite satisfied with it.  I've said many
>times that if I could only use one lens on a trip, the 120 would be it.

Thanks Ken and Karl for the feedback on the 120mm Angulon - makes me 
feel rather happy and keen to use the lens. Funny how these urban 
myths develop - makes you wonder how many people have actually used 
the lens rather than paraphrasing others' comments seen on the web.

The little Angulon might make an interesting lens for 8x10 if I can 
recess the lens board far enough. Don't know what the circle of 
illumination is, but have a wideangle shot in mind that involves some 
architecture with minimal movements. The gradual fade out of the 
image to the edges would work well with the subject.

First job next week is to make another 4x4 lens board for the 120mm.

Cheers,
        Clive


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