90 f/8 Caltar WII

How does the 90mm f/8 Caltar-WII compare to the 90mm Super Angulons in sharpness and coverage? I will only be enlarging to 11x14.

Rodenstock makes the Caltar lenses, so I expect they would be

comparable to the Super Angulon in quality. For the coverage, go to <a

href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com">B&H</a> and check the specs on the

Rodenstock 90/8.

 

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I have a Caltar 135/5.6 II-N and it is excellent. It came in a

Rodenstock box with a Rodenstock warranty.

Schneider and Ilex (Ilex first) also made Caltar lenses. The fact

that this is an f8 lens suggests that it is a Schneider Super-Angulon.

From the "WII", it would make sense that it was sold along with the

Caltar-SII lenses, which were Schneider Symmar-S lenses. In my

recollection Rodenstock wide-angles have always had maximum apertures

of f6.8 or f4.5.