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SCHNEIDER (APO) MACRO VARON f4.5 85mm CAS takes a walk

Dr Klaus Schmitt

Well-known member
Now this is a very different beast, made to beat even the most modern sensors,
it is a pure Schneider understatement, that they would not even include "APO"
it its name and oh yeah, it certainly is. Further it has a unique feature, adjustable
aberration control CAS, adjustable for the whole covered range this lens is designed
for, the largest on the market: 0.5 ... 2x. And I took the freedom to use it on a
walk and from infinity to close up I tried it out....

And please DO NOT LOOK UP ITS LIST PRICE, I don't want to be held accountable
for having caused heart attacks or such... it is a mere $4.500, but I was lucky ;-)

Lens data: https://www.schneideroptics.com/pdfs/industrial/MacroVaron Brochure.pdf

All shot at f4.5 with CAS setting to lowest magnification:

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Full set is here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kds315/albums/72157694462023690
 

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
A beautiful set!

Please add the sienna hues especially the cone with red seeds of the magnolia tree!

Asher
 

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
here you go...

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These colors are amongst the most interesting to me as they give me a sense of security, like a solid oak table I bought 50 years ago and served my family and now the grandchildren eating and on weekends cutting newspaper for a paper mache mask.

Sienna is also the color of the earth in and around Florence to Sienna and their sunsets have an especially rich golden hue. That’s why I asked for these pictures of yours hidden, in plain sight amongst your flowers!

Asher
 

Dr Klaus Schmitt

Well-known member
Yes indeed, I know those colors well from Tusany soils and also from the Teide volcano caldera at Tenerife. Beautiful rich colors!
 

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
This is a most extraordinary lens. Did you mount your Digital on the back of a LF camera?



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What image circle does this brilliant lens cover?

Asher
 
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