What's in your 4x5 Lens kit?

[Kirk Gittings]

Architecture and landscape:
47 XL Schneider
65 SA 5.6 Schneider
90 5.6 SA Schneider
120 SW Nikon
120 AM Macro Nikkor
150 Nikon
210 S Symar Schneider
305 Schneider G claron
450 M Nikon

[Preston]

Mostly Landscape and some architecture:
90 f8 Nikkor
135 f5.6 Fujinon
180 f5.6 Fujinon
210 Schneider Symmar-S
300 f9 Nikkor-M

-Preston

[Heroique]

I rely on a 3-lens kit to tackle 4x5 landscapes; I don't do a lot of architecture or portraits.

If they're all w/ me in the field, they serve about 97% of my diverse needs.

Funny thing is … adding a 180mm would get me to “98%” or “99%,” quicker than a lens wider than 110, or longer than 240.

1) Schneider XL 110mm/5.6
2) Schneider 150mm/9 g-claron
3) Fuji A 240mm/9

[Frank Petronio]

135mm on 4x5

Sometimes I've stitched to make a wide shot.

[rdenney]

Mostly landscapes, with an architectural bent:

47/5.6 Super Angulon (not XL, and therefore for 6x12 and smaller only)
65/5.6 Super Angulon
90/5.6 Super Angulon
121/8 Super Angulon
150/6.3 Geronar
180/5.6 Symmar Convertible
210/5.6 Sinaron (APO-Sironar-N)
8-1/2"/4.5 Ilex Paragon
240/6.8 Caltar Type Y (Ysarex)
12" Ilex Caltar (copy of Commercial Ektar)

I don't carry them all, of course. For 4x5, I would carry the 65, 90, 121, 210, and 12" or some similar combination. For a lighter kit, I might only take the 90, 180 (which also provides 315), and 240.

Rick "not usually too far from the car" Denney

[sun of sand]

Curious to know what lenses 4x5 LF photographers lens kit consists of whether it be primarily for landscape, architecture, portraits or a bit if this and a little of that.

This is the kind of question where the answers given won't help you out a single bit

If you can't narrow it down any I'm pretty sure with a large enough sampling every lens ever made will make its way into this one




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[Gordon Moat]

Mostly shooting lifestyle, transportation, and automotive. Sometimes shooting urban landscapes.

90mm f6.8
135mm f5.6
180mm f5.6

The 135mm gets used on the majority of my shots, then the 180mm, and rarely the 90mm. These are not the only lenses I have for my 4x5, though with my airline travel backpack, there is really only room for these and one back-up camera (usually medium format body and one lens). The 135mm folds up into the 4x5, when it is reversed, so that saves some space.

Ciao!

Gordon Moat Photography

[John Kasaian]

I don't shoot much 4x5 but I've got a
127mm Kodak Ektar (uncoated prewar)
162mm Wollensak Velostigmat (uncoated)
203mm Kodak Ektar
215mm Ilex