Schneider Super-Angulon 75mm f/5.6

Schneider Super-Angulon 75mm f/5.6 is the standard wide-angle LF lens for 4×5 — equivalent to roughly 21mm on 35mm. The 75mm Super-Angulon is among the most-used Schneider LF lenses, frequently the kit wide for landscape and architectural 4×5 photographers.

Key features

• Mount: Copal 0 shutter (1s to 1/500, X-sync at all speeds)
• Focal length: 75mm
• Maximum aperture: f/5.6
• Image circle: ~195mm at f/22 — covers 4×5 with reasonable movements; covers 5×7 tightly
• Optical formula: 8-element/4-group symmetrical wide-angle
• Multi-coating on later production

Use case + rendering

The 75 Super-Angulon is the landscape + architecture wide for 4×5. Image circle supports moderate front rise/fall and shift — useful for converging-vertical correction in architecture. Sharp by f/16-f/22 across the field; corners are typical of older symmetrical wides (acceptable but improve stopped down).

The 75mm sits between the 65mm (more dramatic perspective, less movement room) and the 90mm (less dramatic, more movements). Many 4×5 landscape photographers settle on the 75 + 150 + 210 or 75 + 210 + 300 as their three-lens kit.

Compatible cameras

• Toyo 45A / Toyo 45AII / Toyo 45G
• Cambo SC / Cambo Calumet 45NX
• Graflex Crown Graphic / Graflex Speed Graphic / Graflex Super Graphic

Related lenses

• Schneider Super-Angulon 65mm f/5.6 — wider
• Schneider Super-Angulon XL 72mm f/5.6 — same-class XL with larger IC
• Schneider Super-Angulon 90mm f/5.6 — adjacent longer wide