Just one lens?

[blevblev]

If you were to have only one lens for 4x5 landscape photography, regardless of price, which one would it be?

[Ron Marshall]

Of course everyone will have their preferred focal length; for general lanscape mine would be the Rodenstock APO Sironar-S 135mm.

[Walter Calahan]

Any good triple-convertible. Ha ha ha ha.

[Ole Tjugen]

Any good triple-convertible. Ha ha ha ha.

Agreed.

If I can't have a triple convertible, I'll take a 180mm f:5.6 Symmar convertible. The 150/256 is just a little too soft in the corners for my taste.

But I would use it on a 5x7" with an extra 4x5" back, so that I could get a "wide normal" FOV out of it too!

My second (or is that "third"?) choise is a casket set.

Sorry, I just can't do with a single focal length. But I can easily get by without multicoating!

[D. Bryant]

If you were to have only one lens for 4x5 landscape photography, regardless of price, which one would it be?

Probably a 150 mm for me.

Don Bryant

[Hany Aziz]

Another vote for a 135 mm lens. Any recent vintage lens by Rodentock, Schneider, Nikon or Fuji should be fine. It won't give you massive coverage for movements but should be enough for landscape photography. The Rodenstock Sironar N (or equivalent Caltar IIN) is a particular favourite of mine, tiny (40.5 filter thread) and very sharp.

Sincerely,

Hany.

[sanking]

If you were to have only one lens for 4x5 landscape photography, regardless of price, which one would it be?

For landscape work with 4X5 or 5X7 I would like to have a 90mm to 600mm Zoom.

Sandy king

[Eric Woodbury]

110mm SSXL.

[roteague]

110mm SSXL.

Ditto.

[davidb]

Ditto.

ditto ditto