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 fine).
I have shot a lot of 4x5 and 8x10 tintypes mostly on a horseman 8x10 and have a bunch of lenses but nothing that will let me get as much magnification as I want AND be bright enough to work easily in this configuration.
I just bought a Nikon Nikkor 75mm SW - without thinking through how bright it would be - it's physically small and so at my extension it's a bit dim.
Does anyone have a suggestion of a physically large lens that would work for my needs?
Lenses I have to work with and have tried:
Ilex Optical 6 1/2 - great up to 8x
Schneider-Kreuznach 360mm - up to 3.3x
Schneider-Kreuznach 135mm Enlarger Lens Backward 4.5x
Fujinon W 250 - 4.5x - nice for smaller magnifications as well
Front Element Ilex Oscillo Paragon 75mm - up to 16x with possibly serious chromatic aberration, not yet tested
Ones I own but have but haven't tried yet
Ilex Copy Paragon 9"
Ilex Calumet Series 2 215mm
Turner Reich Anastigmat series II 8x10
Ross London 10" XPress
Ross Rapid Symmetrical 9x7
Thanks you,
Alexandra
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