A few months ago I picked up a 24" Artar off of eBay and have been very pleased with it. It's nice and sharp and is easy to focus, despite being f/11 max aperture (not as dim as I had expected, I guess). Even with the Packard shutter I put on it, it only set me back about $300.00, and the glass is in mint condition. I've never used any other lenses in this focal length, but I don't see why you wouldn't be very pleased with an Artar. If you don't have lots of bellows to work with, you might want to look at a telephoto design if you can find one appropriate to 8x10. With a 24" lens on my Deardorff I can only focus as close as about eight feet at max extension (31"), but I haven't felt limited by this yet.
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