APO-Nikkor 360mm

[jonathan_smith2]

How does everyone like the 360 APO Nikkor? Are movements really adequate for 8x10?

[michael_briggs2]

Since no one has yet answered your question, I will venture an answer.

I have no experience using this lens. Nikon rated most Apo-Nikkors

as covering 46 degrees. The 360 mm Apo-Nikkor was rated at 46

degrees and 600 mm diameter of coverage at 1:1. "1:1" means that the

object and image have the same size, which was a typical magnification

for the intended use of the lens on process cameras. Simple optical

reasoning (which isn't perfectly correct) says that the coverage when

the lens is focused on infinity would be 300 mm. This means that the

lens will probably cover 8x10, and if it does cover 8x10, you can

expect it to be capable of little or no front movements. But this

all depends: the image quality that will be judged excellent in a

print depends on how much the negative is enlarged. If might allow

movements if you make contact prints, but not if you make billboard

size prints. It also depends on how conservative Nikon was in rating

the coverage. A definitive answer will have to come from someone who

has used the lens to photograph distant objects.

[tim_hicks1]

I dont use 10x8 so I cannot give a definitive answer but I have a Apo

Nikkor M 300 f9 and I think it is a 'Tessar' type design so I would

expect it to cover a wider field of around 60 degrees.

[michael_briggs2]

The Nikkor-M series, 200 mm f8, 300 mm f9 and 450 mm f9, appear to be

Tessar-type lenses, based upon the cross-section diagrams. There

coverage at f22 is rated by Nikon as 55, 57 and 52 degrees,

respectively. These are marketed for LF photography.

 

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The Apo-Nikkors were sold for process (printing industry) cameras and

Nikon rated the coverage as 46 degrees, or even less for the longer

focal lengths. The cross-section diagrams show a symmetrical

construction usually referred to as the Dialyte or Celor design.

This is the same design used in Apo-Artars and Apo-Ronars.