Zeiss Planar 2,0/110 and Schneider APO Makro Symmar 4,0/90 for Rollei

Hej Rollei-shooters,

 

I would appreciate very much your experience and your opinion about the two lenses for

the Rollei 6000 serie: Carl Zeiss Planar PQ 2.0/110mm and the Schneider APO-Makro-Sym

mar 4,0/90mm.

 

Thank you for your contributions.

 

Have a nice day, Urs

Urs:

I have both of these lenses and the 80 mm f 2.8 Xenotar. The Planar is very big and heavy and has a helical focusing ring that seems to take forever to focus. It is sharp and I have used it for some portraits where it shines. The Apo Symmar is light, easy to focus and is an all around normal lens. With floating elements it is very sharp from infinity down to about nineteen inches as I remember. With the right auto tube it will focus down to a ratio of 1 : 1. For all around use if I had to pick one of the three I would go with the 90 mm. If you do environmental portraiture go with the 110.

Ed Carmick

Urs:

I have both of these lenses and the 80 mm f 2.8 Xenotar. The Planar is very big and heavy and has a helical focusing ring that seems to take forever to focus. It is sharp and I have used it for some portraits where it shines. The Apo Symmar is light, easy to focus and is an all around normal lens. With floating elements it is very sharp from infinity down to about nineteen inches as I remember. With the right auto tube it will focus down to a ratio of 1 : 1. For all around use if I had to pick one of the three I would go with the 90 mm. If you do environmental portraiture go with the 110.

Ed Carmick

don't forget that 110mm is a very fast lens, i use it and enjoy it very much for its dof.

The Macro lens is very very good, I hardly use my Schneider 80 2.8 anymore.

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Working with the macro is so much more convenient than with ext tubes (even when fully automated, like the Rollei's).

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That said, I wouldn't mind having the 110 2.0 too ;-)

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If you don't need a fast lens, the 90mm could do it all.

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<a href="http://www.fotografiewimvanvelzen.nl">Wim</a>

Urs,

 

The distinction between the two lenses is their character. The Zeiss 110 is quite soft in

comparison to the Schneider 90. Due to its large front lens diameter the Zeiss is less

optimal for short distance shooting, unless you want the specific distortion of such lenses

at short distances. The Schneider on the other hand is optimized for short distance

shooting and is extremely sharp and more contrasty. So it will depend very much on your

intentions with a picture which lens you'll choose. Take the Zeiss for more impressionistic,

romantic, blurred images and take the Schneider for extremely realistic, sharp, detailed

pictures. I appreciate both for their own specific field of use.