Hi !

I've always suffered from the "good guy syndrome" and I've observed physical laws respectfully
I mean, when I was shooting 4x5 I used lenses given as perfect for this format.
The same way I used to shoot 8x10 with SA 165mm or Sironar 300mm. No surprise !
Now this time is over.

Using a 8x10 Sinar P, I've got the project to use lenses with small coverage in order to obtain circular pictures.
Ok, I'm not the first with this idea in mind...
http://tribblemancenido.blogspot.fr/...h-for-eye.html
or obviously Emmet Gowin
http://www.geh.org/ne/str085/htmlsrc...00002_ful.html

If I've created this post, that's mainly because I'd love to have some ideas about the lens that I need. I'm looking for post ww2 lenses as I need reliable shutters and perfect sharpness.
My main goal is to make portraits. It will be a kind of 1:4 to 1:5 reduction.
The image circle given by lensmakers are calculated for a focus on infinite. With a 1:4 reduction, this circle will be way larger and I'm a bit lost for my choice... Goal is not to have dark corners but a perfect circle on 8x10, so diameter of illuminated area must be under 19cm.
Furthermore I don't want wide angles. A super-angulon 38 XL will give me a perfect circular picture, for sure, but it will be a bit weird for portrait.

Thanks a lot for reading and, if you have suggestions I'd be really happy to read your posts !