I recently made the mistake of purchasing a 19" Red Dot Artar thinking that it w ould help with close up work. I learned the hard way. Apparently, you need sho rter focal length lenses to get closer when doing LF work. Right?
Anyway, I currently have a wonderful 14" Red Dot Artar in a barrel, but want to be able to get in even closer on my subjects. (My passion is still lifes of fru its, flowers, etc. quite close. For example, I like the bud of a rose to fill t he format.)
I shoot 8x10 format and have a Calumet C-1/C-3, which has approximately 31" of b ellows draw. With this camera, would I want to go down to a 200mm/8" lens to ge t in really close? I know that to get 1:1, you need twice the bellows extension of the infinity focal length of the lens, correct? So, if I wanted to go above 1:1 (would twice the object size be written 2:1 or 1:2?), would I need 4x the f ocal length of the lens when focused at infinity? If I need 4x to get the objec t to fill the format, the 200mm/8" lens would be the correct focal length that I 'd need, correct?
I really like the Dagors/Red Dot Artars. Are they made in the 200mm focal lengt h? Also, would a lens that short be too wide angle, or would I still be able to get in close on the subject?
Thanks for your help as always!!
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