Hi,
I'm looking for decently priced lens for still life (not necessarily a macro lens). I found few Rodenstocks 105 and 135 for good price. Since I have no experience with LF yet (building up my first combo with Cambo SCX) I got confused with minimum focusing distances for these lenses (according to Rodenstock data) - 135 APO Sironar Digital - 3m or 10ft, and 105 is 1.8m or 6 ft. Since I work with smaller formats lenses, after comparing these numbers, I got to the conclusion that it is impossible to get close enough to make a picture of anything smaller than a medium sized postal box, for example. Am I reading the data wrong? Is a macro lens only solution for still life, even though I don't do extreme macro work? I wanted to avoid a macro lens in my beginners setup, since those are very expensive, and I wanted to purchase a digital lens since I work with Phase One digital back. What are your suggestions?
Thank you very much!
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