I've seen a couple of Century Graphics on eBay that were advertised with Schneider Xenar 105mm F3.5 lenses. I checked the archives here and did a web search, including Schneider's website. I can't find the 105mm F3.5 Xenar listed anywhere....

Does anyone know the history of this particular lens model?

Thanks,

--Mark

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I have a 105mm f3.5 Schneider Xenar with a Linhof front plate and Synchro-Compur shutter, which I use on mt Century Graphic. It is a really splendid lens, but does not cover much more than 6x9cm and allows little rising fromt without vignetting.

Thanks for the info. I ended up buying a Century Graphic with an F3.5 105mm Xenar lens in a Synchro-Compur shutter. I've only shot a few images with it, but it seems to give me very sharp results, right to the edge of the negative. I shot a couple of images with maximum upward shift and haven't seen excessive vignetting.

Hi everybody.
I bought a f:3.5 Xenar weeks ago and I had the same problem with lack of information. I posted a question elsewhere and finally learned something. Follow this link : http://groups.google.be/groups?dq=&hl=fr&lr=&ie=UTF-8&threadm=332944ce.0302141146.35221c39%40posting.google.com&prev=/groups%3Fdq%3D%26num%3D25%26hl%3Dfr%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26group%3Drec.photo.equipment.large-format%26start%3D25
Regards.
Georges

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On 2003-03-09 10:21, pv17vv wrote: Hi everybody. I bought a f:3.5 Xenar weeks ago and I had the same problem with lack of information. I posted a question elsewhere and finally learned something. Follow this link : http://groups.google.be/groups?dq=&hl=fr&lr=&ie=UTF-8&threadm=332944ce.0302141146.35221c39%40posting.google.com&prev=/groups%3Fdq%3D%26num%3D25%26hl%3Dfr%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26group%3Drec.photo.equipment.large-format%26start%3D25 Regards. Georges

Based on the somewhat confused information given in the Lens Collector's Vade Mecum, your 165/3.5 from 1929 is either a tessar or a reversed tessar. Should cover no more than 55 degrees, in other words will work on 4x5 as a slightly long normal lens. All this is consistent with what you learned on Usenet.

To tell which it is, close the shutter and count reflections of a point source on each side. If there are 4 strong reflections on the front, two strong and one weak on the rear, tessar. The other way round, reversed tessar.

Cheers,

Dan

It is a reverse Tessar
Thanks.
Georges