[LargeFormat] Schneider 305mm f9 G Claron

[Clive Warren]

At 10:27 am +0100 30/8/02, mark.blackman1@btinternet.com wrote:
>Any comments? Coverage on 4x5?

Hello Mark,

Excellent lenses - that country road shot on the f32 Discussion Forum 
critiques section was taken with a 305mm G-Claron. You'll run out of 
movements on your Ebony RW45 a long time before getting even close to 
the limits of the image circle!

Stop down to f22 for use at infinity.

Some would advise using a lens bellows to reduce the image circle 
size and to maximise contrast. Guess it depends on how well the lens 
is internally baffled and the reflectivity of the inside of your 
bellows and camera. Using an Ebony RW45E I have found the images from 
the 305mm G-Claron to be excellent and good contrast without the use 
of lens bellows.

Robert White has the remaining stocks of new G-Clarons and his prices 
beat any others I have found on the web. Ironically, used G-Clarons 
are still being sold on EBay for more than than the price of a new 
lens direct from Robert White.......

Cheers,
        Clive