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    Re: Need super bright LF lens for macro

    Bernice, thanks for sharing that competition. Beautiful work there.
    Here's an example of the look I'm working with these days
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    Re: Need super bright LF lens for macro

    Thanks again all for this great information. I will look into the equipment you describe.

    This has migrated from my question - which was really focused on achieving a particular setup for the...
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    Re: Need super bright LF lens for macro

    Thanks Dan,

    I do have the book and it's been helpful as have your suggestions.
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    Re: Need super bright LF lens for macro

    Will,

    I have never tried any small or medium format lenses for this. I have a bunch of those I can try. I worry about size and therefore smaller illumination. Also working distance can get to be a...
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    Re: Need super bright LF lens for macro

    I have a few and have used them for other macro work but find them too small - not bright enough in this application.
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    Re: Need super bright LF lens for macro

    Dan,

    Ha! Toast. I usually operate best struggling against the limits of possibility....got myself there as usual. My math skills are so limited that I use online calculators, experience and...
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    Need super bright LF lens for macro

    I'm shooting extreme macro 4x5 tintype with a copy camera I've rigged up. It has 62" of bellows draw :). I'm working on achieving the range of magnification up to 20x (is the goal, more would be...
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    Re: Advice re: lens and perspective for 8x10

    Thanks Tracy, I'll try that and see what I can do with what I have while seeing what I can get in a lens closer to 360mm on the bay.
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    Re: Advice re: lens and perspective for 8x10

    Thanks Tracy and All,

    Always hard to give a complete picture of the specifics, mostly because of my limited knowledge. I'm trying to upload a couple of pictures to give a visual aid but can't get...
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    Re: Advice re: lens and perspective for 8x10

    Hm. Thanks for this. So, I'm really not understanding how the lens works. I tried raising the camera but will have to try again and see if I can get it. I also tried some camera movements but not...
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    Advice re: lens and perspective for 8x10

    I posted a couple of weeks ago about finding the right 8x10 lens for a tight studio setting and got a lot of great advice, now I find myself with a perspective problem.

    I'm shooting 8x10...
  12. Re: Lens advice needed for 8x10 fully open in a tight space

    Thanks again for all the suggestions. In my case, the solution was in my hands (in my camera in fact). Mark was right:

    "The OP's Fujinon covers 8x10 at infinity, so at the 8-10 foot distance she...
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    Well, running a quick test of something with wet plate always gets more complicated. I got pretty even light with but had the view closer in than I need, then did something wrong with the next...
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    JB7,
    How will I know if it is an older single-coated one? And are you recommending single-coating because of cost or other reason? There are quite a few on ebay and they are certainly affordable.
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    Mark,
    Thanks. I'm running a test plate to confirm that I still have drop-off with the lens centered.
    I'll post a result in a bit.
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    Thanks for this advice. Turns up one point I want to touch on. Size doesn't matter. I'm shooting in-studio on a Horseman 8x10 so I can deal with a huge lens and be fine.

    Bob, does fall-off...
  17. Lens advice needed for 8x10 fully open in a tight space

    I am struggling with lenses and hope for help identifying lenses that would solve my problem, chiefly a problem of fall-off with lens fully open.

    I am shooting 8x10 wet plate portraits (full...
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    Re: Need lens advice

    Update. I have figured out how to move the lens closer to the film plane - I missed a basic function that allows the lens board & bellows to slide closer. So, I am now able to focus on a standing...
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    Re: Need lens advice

    I can move it far enough that I should be able to get what I want - say between 11 and 16'. But with all the lenses I have my subject was totally blurry that far away.
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    Need lens advice

    I'm shooting tintypes on a J.T. Chapman 19th Century full plate camera (6.5"x8.5" max). I want to find the right lens to allow me to do full (head to toes plus some room) double portraits. I have...
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