"AArDvarK" wrote in message
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In my infinite quest for infinite ways to spend money on a hobby,
I now need to know what is available for WA for a 8x10 format
camera. I am a WA user (24mm or less) in the 35 mm world. I am
now foraging into the 8x10 realm. Any suggestions for a lens
with lots of coverage?

A simple base approach, simplisticly, normal lens on a
35mm camera = 50mm, for an 8x10 it's 300mm.

1/2 of 50mm = 25mm, 24mm actual for your wide angle,
1/2 of 300mm = a 150mm on 8x10. and simply so forth.

Alex



depending on how you measure/compare it (image diagonal/different
proportions and so on) 24mm in 35mm equates to around 173mm to 194mm in
8x10.

(useful excel tool here http://medfmt.8k.com/mf/lenses3.html - you can
download it )

There is also the feeling that many have (purely illusiory) that they don't
need to use a lens as wide with 8x10 as they do with smaller fomats.

24mm is a much used lens by me in 35mm. In 8x10 my 210mm or 250mm often seem
plenty wide enough. my 159mm/165mm lenses seem REALLY wide.....