rodenstock 65mm 4.5 grandagon N

did the 65 4.5 come in uncoated lens'.. how old does this model

go back.. is the multicoated lens in this design tend to be a good

wide angle lens?? thanks dave..

The Grandagon-N series was introduced in the late 1980s. All are multicoated and are very fine wide-angle lenses. They are very similar to the preceding generation of Rodenstock wide-angles, the f4.5 and f6.8 Grandagons. In fact, the biggest difference may be in the 64 mm f4.5 lens, which changed filter size. Early Grandagons are not multicoated, but later ones are -- they are easy to distinguish -- multicoated Grandagons are labeled "MC".

 

You might be able to save money by buying a Grandagon-N under one of its alternative brand names: Caltar II-N or Sinaron W.

 

 

The best source of info on the history of Rodenstock lenses is Kerry Thalmann's article in the Sept/Oct 2002 issue of View Camera magazine.

Is Kerry Thalman's article available on-line? Or how does one get hold of it. I heard about it so manny times, and I am really interested to read about all those lenses as I am happen to have a few.

<p>Contact View Camera magazine. I don't know if the back issue is still avaiable -- the article seems to be on their compilation CD "Tech Series I: Large Format Lenses" -- see <a href="http://www.viewcamera.com/store.html">http://www.viewcamera.com/store.html</a>.</p>

all grandagon N are multicoated.. the other grandagons may not be,?.. the mc is not easily visable on the lousy pictures i have to go by.. what is the filter size of the grandagon n 65mm 4.5? thanks..what is the smallest appeture of the grandagon n 65mm 4.5? its hard to distinguis which is which from your response.. thanks dave..

<p>Yes, what I said is that all Grandagon-Ns are multicoated and some plain Grandagons are. You can get the complete specs of the current Grandagon-N, and all other current Rodenstock lenses, from the pdf files available at <a href="http://www.linos.de/en/prod/index.html">http://www.linos.de/en/prod/index.html</a>.

If you don't want the giant 1.2 MB file, for smaller files, click on the link "Lenses for Professional Photography", and then on the link for a particular lens series.</p>