Well for all you seasoned veterans of the forum I will apologise in advance for, no doubt, asking the same questions that get raised by the new kid on the block every time, well, there is a new kid on the block!
Yes, I did use the search function but have you seen how many results come up with "movements" in the title. No? well there are several pages believe me.
So, as I am waiting for my purchased sight unseen Wilderness V 10x8, sorry, let me translate for our American cousins 8x10, camera to wind it's way across Europe, I thought I would spend some time researching the other essentials. As they say, whomever they are, "time spent on reconnaissance is seldom wasted."
If you have been keeping up with my avalanche of recent posts, I think this is my fourth or fifth in 5 years, you will see that what little experience I have is currently with a Fuji GF670 and, whilst it does have bellows, it hasn't got either a detachable lens or any kind of movements if you discount being able to fold it flat!
So, I need a lens or two and this is where this is all leading; lenses.
The problem is that I have no one particular subject matter in mind for the 10x8. I can see me taking a lot of landscapes, architecture and still-life and I would like to try my hand, or should that be eye, at portraiture when a gullible volunteer can be found.
I can get a 240mm Symmar S MC f5.6 Copal 3 for quite reasonable money but this is a little wider than I am used to, but then it leaves the sensible addition of a, say, 360mm at a later date.
What I really would like to know, and I guess these are the questions, is:
1. How much excess image circle/movements are really needed? I suppose the more the merrier but this comes at a price.
2. Would you expect to need more or less movements with a wider lens than a longer lens?
3. Can I buy, say, the 240mm and then buy a 360mm lens in a Sinar DB which I can get for a lot less?
4. If so, what size equivalent Copal shutter is the DB, is there different sizes, and how can I tell?
5. Is the 240mm Symmar S MC f5.6 a sensible first general purpose lens for landscapes and a few still-lifes?
If anybody managed to read the whole of this post without falling asleep you guidance would be appreciated.
Many thanks ...Sweep
Bookmarks