I was looking at the Badger site and noticed they will be carrying a Fotoman 4x5 starting in April. The are describing it as a "point and shoot" (which I am guessing means no movements?) with a focusing cone mount and working with wide angle Schneider XL lenses. Since I shoot landscapes am really only interested in a huge dof anyway I was wondering about hyperfocal distance on large format lenses on a camera like this.
I know with a 28mm lens on a 35mm camera at f/22 I can hyperfocal about 2.5' to infinity. With a 45mm lens on a 645 at f/22 it is about 5' to infinity (both allowing for some error) both show about the same view. What about a 90mm on a 4x5?
Presuming shooting at the smallest f-stop (usually f/45 on the really wides) what could you hyperfocal on the 47XL, 58XL, 80XL and 90XL?
I would think a 47XL might be down to two feet to infinity (I know the view would be a lot wider than the 35mm or 645 image).
Thanks.
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