Funny how those bargains always appear when you're not looking... I finally foun d (on eBay, no less!) that cheap LF camera I was looking for in an earlier threa d. I got me a late-model Calumet(still CC400, but black version) for $161. No le ns, of course. Which means that I actually have to make a decision about which l ens to buy, as opposed to taking whatever I got with a package.
I've been poking around in the archives, and I've been learning quite a bit. Mak ing my way through Stroebel right now, as a matter of fact. But I lack specific knowledge of those lens bargains.
Things I want to do in LF: portraiture and architecture. An odd combination, I r ealize, because conventional wisdom suggests short lenses for architecture and l ong lenses for portraiture. And while somewhere off in the future I can see owni ng more than one lens, for now my budget says I'm only getting one, and it had b etter be cheap.
What lenses would be appropriate for what I'm trying to do? Any particularly sui ted items that I should look out for? In a related question, should I be conside ring buying barrel lens/packard shutter combination?
Thanks a lot for all your help, folks.
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