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    Re: Your "standard" lens for 4x5 B&W landscapes

    My 150 and 210 lenses get the most use out of the 6 lenses I have for my 4x5. I tend to work with normal to "normal + a bit" lenses with most of my cameras.

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    Re: Your "standard" lens for 4x5 B&W landscapes

    180 mm f9.0 Fujinon A is my most used lens... has a lovely large image circle and is quite light weight too...


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    Re: Your "standard" lens for 4x5 B&W landscapes

    I am new to LF so my kit emulates my 135 set up: 72XL, 110XL, 150mm Sironar-S - a rough 24, 35, 50 equivalent.

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    Re: Your "standard" lens for 4x5 B&W landscapes

    Using a 4x5 as a press camera: 135mm
    Using it for other stuff: I tend to like the normal plus view so 210
    "In the field of observation chance favours the prepared mind" -- Pasteur

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    Re: Your "standard" lens for 4x5 B&W landscapes

    If I had to live with one lens for 4x5 it would be the 200M. Since I don't, my main kit is a 150 & 240.

    5x7 is a 250 and 8x10 is a 360. I like/see longer.

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    Re: Your "standard" lens for 4x5 B&W landscapes

    I tend to use my 150mm most when shooting 4x5.
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    Re: Your "standard" lens for 4x5 B&W landscapes

    Most of the time I slap on the 150 too, but if not the 210 hides in my bag.

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    Re: Your "standard" lens for 4x5 B&W landscapes

    125 and 240, although I use the 400 more often than I though I would.
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    Re: Your "standard" lens for 4x5 B&W landscapes

    135mm apo-sironar-s and just in case I keep a 90mm f8 nikkor. However, 135mm does what I need.

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    Re: Your "standard" lens for 4x5 B&W landscapes

    Interesting answers here, especially after scanning the "Large Format Landscapes" thread on this forum. Scanning through the last five pages or so, by far the most often used lenses are 75 and 90mm.

    I looked because that's what I use most often for landscapes, while 150, 210 and greater are most often cited on this thread...
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