If I were shootin LF with just one lens

This is only meant to spark interesting conversation, as did "Legendary
lenses) in r.p.e.d/35mm. I like to read and understand people's
outlooks on both equipment and shooting.

Fortunately, 4x5 lenses of good quality are relatively inexpensive.
It's the 8x10 ones that have bit me. So I've limited myself (budget &
space) to a 240/9 G-Claron. Just a little wide but long enough to get
great detail. And pretty lightweight, too.

If you were shooting LF (whatever format) and could have *only* one
lens what would that be?

Collin

Cheesehead wrote:
detail. And pretty lightweight, too.

If you were shooting LF (whatever format) and could have *only* one
lens what would that be?

Collin


A 65-360mm zoom.

Cheesehead wrote:
This is only meant to spark interesting conversation, as did "Legendary
lenses) in r.p.e.d/35mm. I like to read and understand people's
outlooks on both equipment and shooting.

Fortunately, 4x5 lenses of good quality are relatively inexpensive.
It's the 8x10 ones that have bit me. So I've limited myself (budget &
space) to a 240/9 G-Claron. Just a little wide but long enough to get
great detail. And pretty lightweight, too.

If you were shooting LF (whatever format) and could have *only* one
lens what would that be?

Collin


Well, it would be nice to have a Schneider Super Symmar XL 80 mm f4.5
Aspheric, but at nearly $1500 that is not likely to happen soon. While I
wait, I will have to be happiest with with Schneider APO Symmar 135 mm f5.6.

I think it would be tough to stick with just one lens, since there are
so many situations and scenes. Even people who shoot the same sort of
things time after time are likely to feel a need to try different
lenses. An easier approach might be a two or three lens kit, which would
probably suit a wide variety of needs. Maybe that is the question you
should have asked.

Ciao!

Gordon Moat
A G Studio
http://www.allgstudio.com

Bob G spake thus:

Cheesehead wrote:
detail. And pretty lightweight, too.

If you were shooting LF (whatever format) and could have *only* one
lens what would that be?

A 65-360mm zoom.

Has anyone actually ever tried that? (jjs, are you listening? how about
cobbling something up?)


--
Pierre, mon ami. Jetez encore un Scientologiste
dans le baquet d'acide.

- from a posting in alt.religion.scientology titled
"France recommends dissolving Scientologists"

Gordo ; O,

I asked about one becuase lots of hobbyists like myself have to start
somewhere.
And it's my suspicion that I'm not alone out here.

For 4x5 & 5x7 there are certainly many good lenses at reasonable
prices.
So in that arena getting 3 or 4 isn't as significant an issue as it is
with 8x10 & up.

Collin

I don't know of one seriously great image made with a
SuperApoSiroSyMinarMCMXXXIV.

Am I missing something?

Cheesehead spake thus:

Gordo ; O,

I asked about one becuase lots of hobbyists like myself have to start
somewhere.
And it's my suspicion that I'm not alone out here.

For 4x5 & 5x7 there are certainly many good lenses at reasonable
prices.
So in that arena getting 3 or 4 isn't as significant an issue as it is
with 8x10 & up.

Request: learn how to use Google Group's quoting function. It's a pain
in the ass to follow a discussion when you make posts with no context.
Look at other people's messages (or this one).

Unless you don't care if people read your posts or not, in which case
forget it.


--
Pierre, mon ami. Jetez encore un Scientologiste
dans le baquet d'acide.

- from a posting in alt.religion.scientology titled
"France recommends dissolving Scientologists"

In article . net,
"Nicholas O. Lindan" wrote:

I don't know of one seriously great image made with a
SuperApoSiroSyMinarMCMXXXIV.

Am I missing something?

A cog.
--
The sometimes insomniac.

www.gregblankphoto.com

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Bob G spake thus:

Cheesehead wrote:
detail. And pretty lightweight, too.

If you were shooting LF (whatever format) and could have *only* one
lens what would that be?

A 65-360mm zoom.

Has anyone actually ever tried that? (jjs, are you listening? how about
cobbling something up?)

I laughed out loud when I read that. Thanks, Bob!

Zoomies aren't my thing, but if I did manage to make one, you can be sure
you would need a mule to schlep it.

Nicholas O. Lindan wrote:
I don't know of one seriously great image made with a
SuperApoSiroSyMinarMCMXXXIV.

Am I missing something?



It is very new, and mostly aimed at commercial architecture
photographers. Not to state that it would be bad for landscape, but I
don't know of anyone using a Super Symmar XL for that.

Any lens for 4x5 in the 70 mm to 80 mm range will not be as easy to use
as something in the 120 mm to 180 mm range. However, in the shorter
focal lengths, it does seem that the newest Schneider 80 mm is one of
the better choices. I am judging that on a few images I have seen made
with that lens. It should be noted none of the shots I viewed were
landscapes.

Ciao!

Gordon Moat
A G Studio
http://www.allgstudio.com

P.S. - I would probably be just as happy with a good used 75 mm at
around 1/3 the price.