What's in your 4x5 Lens kit?

[Vaughn]

4x5 Landscape -- 150mm Caltar IIN f5.6

[Hector.Navarro]

4x5 everything

127mm Tominon
210mm Fujinon W

[VictoriaPerelet]

I have several lenses, but most of the time I use

72mm SA XL + #4B center filter - I will not recommend this combo as your 1st lens.
and much less
210mm APO

Most of my editorial 4x5 work is portraiture (if one can call it so)

[jnantz]

65 SA • 90 SA •* 127 tominon • 135 wollensak • 150 symetrigon • 10" veritar • 6" meniscus • 6" seminat • "laverne" •10" darlot hemispherical • 210/370 symmar • and whatever is on a cyclone #3 box

[Don Dudenbostel]

Interesting the mix of glass makers in each kit. I don't think anyone had all one brand. I have one friend that bought his Master Technika and glass in the mid 70's and bought all Fuji glass.

My travel kit when flying or traveling light is:

90 Congo
150 G Claron
203 Ektar or 210 Golden Dagor
300 Nikkor M

Sometimes I'll throw in a 125 or 135 Fuji

Traveling heavy:

72 XL SA
90 5.6 SA
125 Fuji
135 Fuji
150 Symmar S
210 Symmar S or Golden Dagor
300 Nikkor M

Normally I will carry either the 125 or 135 but not both.

My work is 90% documentary.
360/500/720 Nikkor T set

[drew.saunders]

"Light" group:
80/4.5 SSXL
120/5.6 APO-Symmar (pre-"L" and I may get a Fuji 125 to replace it some day)
200/8 Nikkor-M (if I want to go super light and bring one lens, it would be this one)
300/8.5 Fuji C

If I don't might the weight, I add one or both of my two heavy lenses:
165/3.5 Zeiss Jena Tessar, T single coated.
250/6.3 Fuji (the one that doesn't cover 8x10, so is much cheaper for us 4x5 only users).

I just weighed them, with both caps and lens board, and I was surprised that the two "heavies" are more than the 4 "lights" combined: 80: 336g; 120: 250g; 200: 236g; 300: 315g (1137g plus cable releases). Heavies: 165: 527g; 250: 671g for 1198g for the pair.

Win the lottery additions: 110 SSXL, Cooke PS945.

[John Hennessy]

If I am hiking: XL110, Fujinon 150 maybe, M200, M300, C450

Rolling case: XL90. Fujinon 150, Schneider 210, M300, M450

[Roger Thoms]

My active kit right now is my new (60 year old) 4x5 Speed Graphic with a 135mm F4.5 Zeiss Tessar.

Roger

OK, didn't make it very far, I leaving for New York tomorrow, and just reworked my lens kit for the Speed Graphic. To the one camera, one bag, one lens kit I've add another small bag and now have.

90mm f8 Super Angulon
150mm f9 G-Claron
210 f5.6 Schneider Symmar Convertible

Roger

[spiky247]

It's nice to read up on what everyone is packing. I'm just trying to figure our my lens line up for a trip to Chile on Monday.

I think I'll go with:

Ebony SV45 Ti
90mm f4.5 Nikkor SW
135mm f3.5 Carl Zeiss Planar T*
180mm f5.6 Schneider Symmar-S
250mm f6.3 Fuji W
400mm f8 Fuji T
+ bessa III as a snap shooter


it's just enough to fit in a CompuTrekker AW

on a side note, it's so hard to find a camera bag with out a computer compartment these days!

[Richard M. Coda]

Fuji:
75 SW?
150W?
210W
240A
300A
450C
600C

Nikon 120 Macro

? I'm at the library right now and can't remember exactly what... all newer EBC with writing on outer barrel.