I have been trying to teach myself to hand-hold a 4x5 Technika IV that I bought recently. I've had some success using the cammed 90mm and 150mm lenses that came with the camera (using Tri-X helps a lot; using a flash for indoor shots helps even more).
I also have an old Linhof-select Tele-Arton 240mm in excellent shape. I'm thinking of having Marflex cam this lens as well. I understand that the Tele-Arton was designed primarily for hand-held use on Baby Linhofs, but Linhof evidently sold the lens to 4x5 Tech users as well.
I am worried, however, by camera shake and depth-of-field issues. If I want to maximize depth-of-field by shooting Tri-X at, say F.22, I'd have to use shutter speeds of 1/200 or slower, which invites shake. If I want to keep the shutter at its fastest speed (1/400), I'd have to open up to F.11 or more, which will result in a very shallow depth-of-field as well as loss of sharpness due to the wider aperture.
Does anyone have any experience hand-holding short telephoto lens on a 4x5 Tech? Can these problems be solved? Is it worth spending the money to have this lens cammed?
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