f._william_baker Posted September 3, 2003 Share Posted September 3, 2003 I need info from any users of Fuji 240mm �9 A lens. One question is do I really need to fill the gap between my 210mm Symmar and my 305mm G-Claron. I'm looking to lighten my load when out shooting landscapes. Also, I can always use the purchase on my 2003 taxes. Lens will be used on Master Technika. Thanks in advance for any and all comments. FWB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken_lee11 Posted September 3, 2003 Share Posted September 3, 2003 No doubt, it's a very fine lens, it's small, light, and takes small filters, etc. As to aesthetics: I wouldn't get a 240 if you already have a fine 210, which you do. If you allow yourself to slightly crop an image made with your 210, you have a 240mm lens already. If you can move the camera a few paces closer, you can also eliminate the difference without cropping. I like to think that with my 150, 140, and 400, I also have (by virtue of a judicial amount of cropping) a 180, a 300, and a 500 - all for the same low, low price. In that regard, you might consider your 305 as "also", a 360... Spend your money elsewhere, that's my 2 cents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken_lee11 Posted September 3, 2003 Share Posted September 3, 2003 Sorry - I meant </i>"my 150, <b>240</b>, and 400"</i> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason_greenberg_motamedi Posted September 3, 2003 Share Posted September 3, 2003 I agree with Ken, save your money; the weight savings between a 210/5.6 and 240/9 are pretty small. Anyway, the gap between 240 and 305 is, I think, too small. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christopher perez Posted September 3, 2003 Share Posted September 3, 2003 If you're really going from 210mm to 305mm, the 240mm will feel redundant. I used to be in the very same situation and sold the 240 Fuji A to finance a Mamiya RZ kit. The 210mm gets used all the time. The 305mm was just the right distance from the 210mm to be a "keeper". But that lovely 240mm just took up space in the kit and was, literally, never used. If I didn't already have lenses longer or shorter, I'd look that direction instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim_galli4 Posted September 3, 2003 Share Posted September 3, 2003 You should get the 240 and as soon as it's paid for start saving for a 270 G-Claron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
todd_caudle Posted September 3, 2003 Share Posted September 3, 2003 and a 300mm to fill the gap between 270 and 305. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert_a._zeichner1 Posted September 3, 2003 Share Posted September 3, 2003 I believe there are situations where you simply can't move a few paces closer (don't fall over the railing!). I also feel that if you are shooting large format it is partially because you appreciate the greater negative area and the resultant freedom from grain and the smaller magnification required to make a large print. So, cropping, while necessary in some instances, is not something I want to plan on doing if I can avoid it. In fact, what I have discovered is that smaller differences in lens focal lengths seem to make a bigger difference than I ever thought noticeable. I don't like hauling around glass that I won't use, but a 240, particularly that 240 is in my mind an indispensable lens. For 4x5 it has huge coverage which is great for architectural subjects. It's also a very sharp optic as well as small and convenient in that it takes the same 52mm filters many of my other lenses do. I'm not much of a short lens user, but I do seem to "see" in the 200mm to 380mm range. In that part of the focal length spectrum, I wouldn't think it overkill to have lenses an inch or an inch and a half apart! That doesn't mean I would pack all of them. I might keep a couple in the car so I could at least go back and get the perfect focal length for the subject I have stumbled upon. Just another view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ole_tjugen Posted September 3, 2003 Share Posted September 3, 2003 First of all: I don't know anything about that particular length, nor is that length anywhere near the top of my wish list. But I've been filling holes myself, precisely because it isn't always possible to go closer. I now use 90, 120, 135, 150, 180, 210, 265, and 360mm. So I'm looking - more or less half-heartedly - for 300, 110 and 500mm. But I often "crop" by switching from 4x5" to 9x12cm film... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim_galli4 Posted September 3, 2003 Share Posted September 3, 2003 I was being facetious of course but for the record now on 8-22 I was out enjoying the trusty 'dorff 810 and was working a '40's Chevy truck up in Belmont Nevada. I used the 121 Super Angulon to distort the grille and then moved out for a regular wedge shot. There was a steep hill behind me about 8 feet away from the truck that limited my travel severely and there were buildings out beyond the Chev that I didn't want in the composition. My first thought was the 9 1/2" Dagor. Put it on and it wasn't right. Made the trek back to my truck and got the 270 G-Claron and the 305 also to save steps. The 270 was <u><i>the</i></u> lens. Nothing else would have worked for the shot. Laugh all you like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f._william_baker Posted September 3, 2003 Author Share Posted September 3, 2003 Thanks for all the answers and advice from all. That's why this is a great forum. In reading the answers/suggestions I found that as I suspected the gap is too close from 210mm to 305mm for what I want to do. As I said I need something to purchase this year for tax purposes so as I have enough Leica and Nikon stuff as well as the Hassey that I don't use that much it looks like more Speedotron stuff. With do the lens next year. Thanks again for all the info. FWB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tedharris Posted September 4, 2003 Share Posted September 4, 2003 Another way of thinking .... I own and use the Fujinon 240 A frequently. When I am traveling ultra light it, along with a 135 Apo Sironar-S is one of the two lenses I carry. IMHO the difference in the space it occupies as well as the weight is a big difference from a 210 Apo symmar/Sironar or similar. It is so tiny and compact; not to mention that it covers 8x10 as well so serves a dual function for me. I ised to carry a 210 Apo Symmar, in my case as I used the 240 more and more it was the 210 that became redundant and I replaced it with a 180. It's all in the way YOU see the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lars ake vinberg Posted September 4, 2003 Share Posted September 4, 2003 It seems to me that 8x10 is where the 9/240 Fujinon-A really shines - lightweight, Copal 0 shutter, small filters. What a difference to my 5.6/240 Apo-Symmar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
todd_phillips1 Posted September 6, 2003 Share Posted September 6, 2003 I'm also interested in the Fuji 240...Any ideas on who carries them and an approximate price? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken_lee11 Posted September 6, 2003 Share Posted September 6, 2003 I bought mine at <a href="http://www.badgergraphic.com/" target="_blank">Badger Graphics</a>, wich currently lists it for $750.00 new. <p>Try <a href="http://www.mpex.com/" target="_blank">Midwest Photo Exchange</a> to see if they have any used ones. I didn't see any on their site just now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken_lee11 Posted September 6, 2003 Share Posted September 6, 2003 Actually, if you look at Midwest Photo Exchange, they list this lens under 8x10 lenses. They have a new one selling for $729, and a used one in 9+ condition for $585. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ed_candland1 Posted September 6, 2003 Share Posted September 6, 2003 I bought mine at Midwest for $729 and they through in a free cable release. =) Great lens BTW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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