Schneider 180 f/5.6 APO-Symmar

[fw1]

I have come across a Schneider APO-Symmar 180mm f/5.6 at a very good price. Does anyone have experience of this lense, and how it performs?

[james_chow4]

I have the 210/5.6 apo symmar...incredibly sharp lens, sharper than

my 90/5.6 super angulon XL and Nikkor 300/9 M (lens sharpness, in

that order).

[jnorman1]

every one of the schneider apo-symmar lenses in the normal range are

exceptional. they are state-of-the-art. the earlier symmar-s lenses

were, and are, likewise superlative. even the older symmars were

very nice lenses, and i would only caution against them because of

the older shutters they are typically mounted in.