What's in your 4x5 Lens kit?

[ypres.bass]

S-K Angulon 90/8
Voightlander Skopar 135/4.5
CZJ Tessar 180/4,5
Meopta Belar 210/5,6
S-K Symmar-S 240/5,6
LAACK Rathenow DIALYTAR 25cm/4.5 serie T

[ignatiusjk]

I have a 65mm,90mm,135mm,150mm,210mm and a 300mm.You can probobly get by without either the 135/150 but I have used all of my lens on my trips to Yosemite.

[Roger Cole]

90mm Angulon, 135mm Xenar, 203mm Ektar.

These were the ones that the seller had when I bought the Linhof with them back in 96 or 97. He had some backwards ideas, thinking the Xenar was the best, because it's modern and bright at f/4.7 thus easy to focus, but it's my least used lens. The 203 Ektar is the best of the batch, where the seller thought, apparently because it was old, that it was the least of the three.

I have so far done mostly landscapes.

Future plans include something shorter, mainly for use with a rollfilm back - a 65 that would cover 6x7 with some movements would be nice, or maybe a 55 for that and a 75 that could barely cover 4x5 when the 90 isn't wide enough and thus give some movements on roll film. I might replace the Xenar with something around 150, and might get something longer than the Ektar.

I'd like to get a more modern 90mm with more coverage, but if I do the Angulon is still so small and light I'll probably hang on to it.

[jloen]

Landscapes, old Americana, trees, roots, rocks ...

I have a lot of nice lenses, but here's what I'm putting together for backpacking 4x5 for four weeks in April/May (Appalachian Trail, Virginia). These are picked mainly for their high performance/weight ratio. I've gotten my 4x5 outfit down to about 9 pounds.

100mm wide field Ektar 6.3 (or possibly a 90 mm S-K Angulon)
150mm Rodenstock Sironar-N 5.6
203mm Ektar 7.7

[Gary Tarbert]

Hi all. From widest to longest here goes 58 super angulonf5.6,90 super angulon f8, 135w nikkor f5.6 , 150f6.3 fujinon , 300c f8.5 fujinon , 450 f9 nikkor .
The only blank spots i see are maybe a 75 & a 210 or 240 type range . Cheers Gary

[Professional]

Rodenstock APO Sironar-N 150mm f5.6 [on Shen Hao 4x5]
Wollensak Graflex Optar 162mm f4.5 [on Speed and Crown Graphics 4x5]

I will buy more sooner or later, but i really don't want to go as some of you to have 7-10 lenses, i think 4-5 will be more than enough.

[kev curry]

Lenses, dark slides, other stuff, a big camera and usually a thermos or a hip flask if I'm not driving....oh, and nice soft quilted toilet paper...you never no if Mr poo-poo will pay you a surprise visit!

[Tony Evans]

LF beginner with Shen-Hao 45IIA.
Fujinon SW 90mm f8.0 (SC) in Seiko 0.
Fujinon 135mm 5.6 (MC) in Copal 0.
Fujinon W 250mm f6.3 (MC) in Copal 1.
Now to try & use them!

[Leigh]

Field camera architecture & scenery (all in modern black Copal shutters).

65/4 Nikkor-SW
75/4.5 Nikkor-SW
90/5.6 Fujinon SWD
150/5.6 Sironar-N MC
180/5.6 Fujinon CM-W
210/5.6 Sironar-N MC
360/8 Nikkor-T ED

I'm looking for a 120/5.6 and a nice apo in the 270-300 range. (The Rodenstock Sironar-N lenses are apos according to the literature.)

Those lenses are also used for product shots in studio with a different camera body.

300/5.6 Nikkor-W in black Copal 3 (studio work only, too large for the field camera)

- Leigh

[johnmsanderson]

Schneider 58mm XL

Schneider 135mm

Nikon 210mm

Nikon 300m f/9

I use the 135 the most, which makes me want to get a better lens in that range. What if I got a 110XL to replace my 135mm and a prospective 90mm?

I shoot everything from landscapes, trees, trains, urban scenes, architecture...