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Thanks for all of your suggestions. I really appreciate all of the generous help that folks

offer in this forum!

I am looking for a compact and lightweight modern multi-coated lens in the 65mm to

75mm range for color work. I intend to carry this lens backpacking, and it only needs to

cover 6x9 - with movements. I know that at the 90mm focal length the Congo offering is

multi-coated, but I have not seen any similarly compact modern lenses in 65 or

75mm. I will consider new or used.

Among what I have seen so far the Grandagon N 65mm appears to be the smallest. Is

there another lens which is more compact yet? Any help that you can give will be greatly

appreciated! Thanks!

Well, a question sure gets a lot of answers quickly when posted here! Thanks to all who

have responded!

It seems that the Nikkor M is very popular, but I really do want something faster because I

enjoy twilight scenes, fog, and so on, and seeing a brighter image on the ground glass

adds to my enjoyment while composing the shot. While the new Congo 210 sounds

interesting as a multi-coated Tessar-type, I am not wanting to go with a used lens for cost

considerations.

Which brings me back to the lenses that I originally asked about. Your responses have

indicated that both the MC triplet and the single-coated tessar-type have provided good

results. I wonder if any of you have experience with both types, or know enough about

optical theory to comment on the resolution and contrast abilities of MC triplet vs. tessar

type?

Thanks again!

I am looking for a compact, used, 210 mm lens to take backpacking. My old eyes sure

appreciate something around f5.6 to f6.3 for focusing, rather than something in the f8 to

f9 range. Several that are currently available include: Rodenstock Geronar (and Caltar IIE

version) MC triplet type 210; Fujinon L 210 single coated tessar type; and Komura

commercial 210 single coated tessar type.

I appreciate high contrast and sharpness in color landscape work. I hope that you folks can

help me with recommendations about these, or perhaps other compact lenses in this focal

length. Thanks!