Came close to selling my LF gear

[BrianShaw]

I keep it simple, but not necessarily light. For 4x5 (and 6x7 via a roll film back) I find 135 to fit 89% of my needs, as a "normal" lens. A 210 fills many of the rest of my needs. Wide-angle has always been my weakness but now added a 90... but I'm slowly but surely building a whole separate camera system for wide-angle.

edit: I could probably use a 300, huh? S-A-N-T-A??????

[Andrew O'Neill]

Now, Now, don't pick on Fred...maybe he wasn't a great photographer (in my opinion), but he taught us a lot.

[jpkirk]

Hmmm.... on a 4x5, started with a 180, then an 80 and a 400. The 400 exercises the bellows a little but not bad.

[Ralph Barker]

A belated welcome to the LF Forum, Carl.

The nice thing about large format is that it's large enough to accommodate a wide range of styles.

[domenico Foschi]

I carry three lenses in my bag and they are all of the same focal length: roughly 210 mm.

[Frank Petronio]

You know, I went back and looked at Fred Picker's work and it has grown on me, especially his portraits. He was a damn bit better than most of us and I think his work was more expressive than Ansel Adams, so jeez, you're a hard bunch to please...

[jpkirk]

You said it Ralph!