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    Zoom lens for 4x5 or other large formats?

    Just curious: Has any company ever made a zoom lens for a large format camera?

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    Zoom lens for 4x5 or other large formats?

    I once mounted wheels on my tripod and tried zooming about.

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    Zoom lens for 4x5 or other large formats?

    Didn't Schneider make a lens called the "zoomar" or somethhing for enlargers? No, seriously I am not making this up.

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    Zoom lens for 4x5 or other large formats?

    Sean is correct, but I can't remember if it was a Schnieder or something else. I remember photographers mounting that lens in a shutter and using it as a camera lens. If there was one made specifically for large format cameras it was short lived. Wouldn't it be neat to have a small, lightweight zoom of 90mm to 300mm with great resolution and costing about $300. However, a zoom that size would be about the size of a bus and probably cost more. It's nice to dream. Doug

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    Zoom lens for 4x5 or other large formats?

    Voightlander made a lens called the "zoomar". Could that be what Sean refers to (it had a horrible reputation, IIRC).

    -- Patrick

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    Zoom lens for 4x5 or other large formats?

    When you consider the price of a 25-250 Angenieux for motion picture cameras being well beyond my yearly income, I dont even want to think about what one that would cover 8x10 from 150mm to 600mm would run. I dont think I could lift it even if I could afford it.

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    Zoom lens for 4x5 or other large formats?

    What I had in mind was something like a 120 to 250 mm.

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    Zoom lens for 4x5 or other large formats?

    Voigtlander's "Zoomar" lens was the first zoom for 35mm camera, not LF; 35-70mm or something like that. Incidentally, I think it was not even made by Voigtander but by an American optical firm.

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    Zoom lens for 4x5 or other large formats?

    So i take it the answer is....NO.

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    Zoom lens for 4x5 or other large formats?

    I swear I saw Photogrphic systems in New Mexico or was it Midwest Photo in Ohio selling one in their darkroom section.....

    please, I don't wanna dig throught all the back issues of View Camera to find it...

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