This is a 210mm lens for use with film formats up to 8x10 inch. The lens has a 105 degree field angle at f22, producing an image circle of 500mm at f22. This allows 121mm of shift vertically and 108mm of shift horizontally with 8x10 inch film. Therefore this is a very useful and relatively lightweight wide angle lens for the 8x10inch film format. It is very useful for landscape, architecture and even table top photography. The Super Symmar XL Aspheric lenses can be used for close up photography . . . up to 1/3 life size, with no visible loss in image quality.

The Super-Symmar XL Aspheric lenses are part of a new generation of aspheric photographic lenses of a very compact design. The 6-element, 4-component aspherics have a 105 degree angle of view. The image circle is similar to a Super-Angulon of a comparable focal length, while further improving the quality of the image at the same time. Because of their high tolerance for different magnification ratios the lenses lead themselves ideally for the most demanding studio applications. The Super-Symmar XL Aspheric is designed specifically for wide-angle photography and, with the exceptional angle of view of 105 degrees, offers extreme camera movements required for both architectural and dynamic studio photography.

In comparison to the standard Super-Angulons of comparable focal length, the relative aperture has been increased due to the high-precision, aspherical lens elements, resulting in a brighter and more uniform screen image. With new technology in glass manufacturing and specially designed aspherical lenses, chromatic aberration in the image field has been cut in half, providing considerably better image quality than that of standard wide-angle systems. Color fringing, especially at small scale ratios is almost entirely eradicated. The overall dimensions of these new lenses have been reduced considerably in comparison to standard wide-angle lenses. The Super-Symmar XL lenses offer the greatest flexibility for both architectural and dynamic studio photography.

The high quality of the large format image can immediately be seen by looking at a picture taken using a large format lens. It will have the brilliance, full detail, precision, and sharpness that can only be achieved using this photographic medium. Most importantly, Schneider large format lenses are top-quality lenses that meet all the demands of the photographic industry. In large format photography there is no rigid connection between the lens and the film, compared to that of the small and medium formats. The free movement of lens and film standard enables better correction.

• Supplied in Copal 3 Shutter
• Image Circle @ f22: 500mm
• Filter Size: 135mm