I've been doing some research, been curious about trying out LF at some point, and have been reading about lenses.
One thing that isn't clear to me, most lenses seem to be of some "standard" design, requiring approximately the same bellows draw as focal length to focus at infinity. There are special telephoto designs that allow shorter bellows draw for full focus.
What I'm curious about is angle of view and focal length. In MF, where I've spent the last 20 years, if I want to foreshorten the distance between a subject, the midground and background, I know that I can use a telephoto lens, from 150-300mm or so to get that effect. The opposite also applies, if I want to create an impression of even greater space and distance, making distant mountains almost tiny in the background, I can mount a wide angle lens, 35-50mm or so to achieve that. In both cases my subject could still be the same size and distance from the camera, but the perspective between subject and the rest of the composition would change.
My question is does this carry over to working in LF? Will a 4x5 camera with a 450mm lens create the same foreshortening, or on the other end, will a 75mm really create more distance? Or does it not work the same way due to the bellows and movements, and one uses movements instead to create some of the same effects?
Hope my question makes sense.
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