What's in your 4x5 Lens kit?

[papah]

mounted on my Linhof:

Cooke Series II 8-1/2" f/4.5
Darlot Pillbox Meniscus 12"
Wollensak Verito 7-1/4" f/4
JL&S Meniscus 8"
Voigtlander Heliar 240mm
Rodenstock Imagon 200mm f/5.8
Underwood Meniscus 12"
Wollensak Verito 7-1/4" f/4
Graf Variable Anastigmat 8.5-9.5in/3.8-4.5

mounted on my Cambo 4x5:

Spencer Port-Land 18"
Kodak Portrait lens 12"
Wollensak Velostigmat Series II F4.5 12" Focus
Voigtlander Portrait Euryscope Series III Nr 5 f 4.5 14"
Large Petzval 10" Magic Lantern lens
Dallmeyer Patent Portrait Petzval 2B 8.5 in/210mm f,6
Derogy's Paris Londres No 11431 Wet plate Petzval Brass Portrait Lens 12cm.

...I may never get through this list...

[Ron McElroy]

For mostly landscape work with my Zone VI

90 f8 SuperAngulon
120 f5.6 SuperAngulon
210 f5.6 Sironar

[William Barnett-Lewis]

Wow, what a fun thread.
I've got a stripped down Crown Graphic I use mostly for landscapes & cityscapes and an Anniversary model Speed Graphic.

127/4.7 Ektar (1942)
135/4.5 CZJ Tessar (1924)
~6 1/2" B&L Rapid Rectilinear US Stops 4 - 128 (from an old 3A)
~9 1/2" B&L "Zeiss Tessar 5x8 Series IIB" in barrel. (~1912 from the catalogs & such I've found online)

I'd like to find a 90/6.8 Angulon & a 203/7.7 Ektar that I can afford, but that will be awhile. Plus a Packard shutter for the B&L Tessar. I'd use it much more if I could take it out with the far lighter stripped down Crown Graphic.

William

[threefoot]

My 4x5 Lens kit for my Tachihara

135 f5.6 Rodenstock APO Sironar-S
nikkor SW 90mm f8

My next lens will be in the 210 length (Looking now), I really love the Rodenstock so will be looking for a 210 f5.6 Rodenstock APO Sironar-S or N, Schneider APO Symmar maybe even Caltar II-N. Just getting started into LF though so lots to learn. Any suggestions?

[Richard Wasserman]

The Apo Sironar-N and Caltar II-N lenses are identical. They and the Symmar are both great choices in the 210mm length and will cover 5x7. The Apo Sironar-S is overkill for a Tachihara–it has a bigger image circle than you can use, or even need for 4x5.

My 4x5 Lens kit for my Tachihara

135 f5.6 Rodenstock APO Sironar-S
nikkor SW 90mm f8

My next lens will be in the 210 length (Looking now), I really love the Rodenstock so will be looking for a 210 f5.6 Rodenstock APO Sironar-S or N, Schneider APO Symmar maybe even Caltar II-N. Just getting started into LF though so lots to learn. Any suggestions?

[threefoot]

The Apo Sironar-N and Caltar II-N lenses are identical. They and the Symmar are both great choices in the 210mm length and will cover 5x7. The Apo Sironar-S is overkill for a Tachihara–it has a bigger image circle than you can use, or even need for 4x5.

Thank you for your input! I really appreciate how helpful people are on this forum, as I said I am new to LF and am trying to learn as much as I can. Especially before I make a purchase.

[seabird]

My 4x5 Lens kit for my Tachihara

135 f5.6 Rodenstock APO Sironar-S
nikkor SW 90mm f8

My next lens will be in the 210 length (Looking now), I really love the Rodenstock so will be looking for a 210 f5.6 Rodenstock APO Sironar-S or N, Schneider APO Symmar maybe even Caltar II-N. Just getting started into LF though so lots to learn. Any suggestions?

You haven't told us what your intended use is, but if it is for landscape use then I'd also throw the 200/f8 Nikkor-M into the mix. Small, light, sharp.

My own 4x5 lens kit for my landscape photos is:

90/f8 Nikkor-SW
135/f5.6 Rodenstock Apo-Sironar-S
200/f8 Nikkor-M
300/f9 Nikkor-M

Cheers

[BetterSense]

My 4x5 lens kit is based completely on my rock-bottom photo budget. I have a grungy Angulon 90 that I got here on the forums for $50, Tominon 127 (with working shutter!) that I got for free from an old copy camera, a Wollensack Raptar 210mm/5.6 copy lens that I got for $20, and most recently I added a Symmar convertible with a broken shutter that I paid $150 for.

[Nigels]

I shoot landscapes with 58, 80, 150, 270 lenses on my Ebony RSW.

[lilmsmaggie]

Wow!!

I had forgotten that I had started this thread. Everyone has been having fun without me

But I haven't been idle -- I have been busy! I now have a slightly new (its been put to use recently) Chamonix 45n-2 and the following lenses:

90mm Rodenstock Grandagon-N f6.8
135mm Rodenstock Apo-Sironar-S f5.6
210mm Rodenstock Apo-Sironar-S f/5.6
350mm Schneider Apo-Tele-Xenar Complact f11

So far, I've only used the 135 and 210 -- both tack-sharp. Looing forward to using the 90 and 350 soon! I haven't been disappointed in the camera or lenses.