glenn_kroeger Posted December 10, 1999 Share Posted December 10, 1999 I occasionally see ads for Zeiss 80mm Planar lenses. Can anybody tell me something about Zeisses forays in the large format area... are these lenses equal to plasmat designs. What kind of coverages do they provide. I ask because 80mm is an interesting focal length for roll film applications. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_hicks Posted December 10, 1999 Share Posted December 10, 1999 I'm using an 80 Planar on 6x7 (Graflex XL) and it does very well; of course that camera has no movements etc, but the lens covers the format ok. <p> A comparable lens that also appears on the used-gear market is the Schneider 80 f2.8 Xenotar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael_briggs2 Posted December 11, 1999 Share Posted December 11, 1999 Rudolf Kingslake in his book "A History of the Photographic Lens"describes three different lens designs sold by Zeiss under the namePlanar. <p> It seems to be the name that Zeiss uses for a top-quality lens ofnormal coverage. An 80 mm version would be intended for mediumformat. The most famous useage of the Planar is probably Rolleiflexcameras, which is a 6x6 cm format. They would probably work very wellwith a roll film back taking 6x6 and possibly larger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james_chow4 Posted December 12, 1999 Share Posted December 12, 1999 Now that we're on the topic, would anyone know how much coverage a 75mm biogon has? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil_poulsen1 Posted December 19, 1999 Share Posted December 19, 1999 Back to Kingslake, he attributes the protar, the tessar, the plasmat, and the biogon all to Zeiss. The first three were designed by Paul Rudolph. To me, the most interesting lens is the Goerz double antistigmat, or Dagor, since it led to the angulon (as the reversed Dagor) and the Plasmat (as the separated Dagor.) The plasmat is the mainstay of L.F. photography. By the way, Kingslake is still in print. It's extrememly well done. It's a facinating book. It's currently published by Academic Press. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charles_mangano Posted August 15, 2000 Share Posted August 15, 2000 Glenn,Have you seen the question "80mm Planar and 6x9" in th MF Digest? See: wysiwyg://22http://www.photo.net/...1?msg_id=000uwQ&topic_id=35&topic= <p> Sai Kwong Chan's 6/14/00 response is especially comprehensive. I hope this helps. I greatly appreciate your answers to my questions, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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