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Gear Talk => Lens Talk => Topic started by: Dr Klaus Schmitt on August 21, 2018, 13:34:50

Title: SCHNEIDER (APO) MACRO VARON f4.5 85mm CAS takes a walk
Post by: Dr Klaus Schmitt on August 21, 2018, 13:34:50

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 $4500, but I was lucky ;-)

Lens data: https://www.schneideroptics.com/pdfs/industrial/MacroVaron%20Brochure.pdf (https://www.schneideroptics.com/pdfs/industrial/MacroVaron%20Brochure.pdf)

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

(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1833/30210380958_e1171fd40f_o.jpg)

(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1817/29141250097_b0d4c91b6f_o.jpg)

(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1774/30210381888_d651166895_o.jpg)

(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1833/29141251087_55f6aed962_o.jpg)

(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1815/44078207641_6f60a66baa_o.jpg)

(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1834/30210385148_0f1389d55d_o.jpg)

(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1835/44078208901_028872166b_o.jpg)


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

Title: Re: SCHNEIDER (APO) MACRO VARON f4.5 85mm CAS takes a walk
Post by: Dr Klaus Schmitt on August 21, 2018, 13:37:18

Oh well and since autumn already knocks at the door...

(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1813/44078208971_8a309cc0c5_o.jpg)

(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1832/30210380488_962e1f93f6_o.jpg)

(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1778/43172023885_b25d258e7e_o.jpg)

Title: Re: SCHNEIDER (APO) MACRO VARON f4.5 85mm CAS takes a walk
Post by: Erik Lund on August 21, 2018, 14:43:34

Very nice late summer images! crisp and sharp - a true APO Schneider
Not a relaxed Bokeh but not really the focus here, i know ;)

Title: Re: SCHNEIDER (APO) MACRO VARON f4.5 85mm CAS takes a walk
Post by: Akira on August 21, 2018, 15:00:16

The sharpness is literally biting!  Given its image circle of 62mm, the lens should perform fantastically also on an MF digital.

Title: Re: SCHNEIDER (APO) MACRO VARON f4.5 85mm CAS takes a walk
Post by: Dr Klaus Schmitt on August 22, 2018, 00:35:59

Thanks guys, indeed not the nicest bokeh, but sharpness and true APO correction more than compensate for that.

And yes Akira, it does have a large image circle!