Schneider Xenar lenses are 4-element tessar-type designs. I've got two of them kicking around at home, and an old Zeiss Tessar as well. Lens arrangements look to be identical on them.
-Mat On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 14:00:06 +0100, Frantisek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Tuesday, November 30, 2004, 12:57:17 PM, Collin wrote: > CB> Tessar designs are very practical because of their excellent > CB> sharpness over most of the covered area. They're somewhat better > CB> than triplet or Xenar designs, especially seen in the corners. > CB> It's what makes the YashicaMat124 series a really good camera. > CB> (My Rodenstock Ysarex 135mm 4x5 lens is a Tessar as well.) > > Isn't Xenar a direct Tessar copy? > > I agree that it is definitely worth getting a MF camera with at least a > Tessar. I had the Yashica with the triplet lens and it was quite worse > than similar Tessar-equipped ones. Apart from tonality, it didn't > resolve any more details than 35mm SLR with a good normal lens. > > Good light! > fra > >
