Lens for Horseman LD SLR View Accessory

[A Sem]

Just found this thread...wish to read it a couple years ago. It would save me a lot of time.
I think, it is not the best solution for jewelry photography, but one of them. I use it presently.
Here is an example of what "it can do" in pair with EOS camera and apo-componon HM 90mm:





More samples are here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/uvidish/

I shot the most of that pictures using same rig.

[Dennis_Vied]

Well, I have a complete setup now. A used Horseman 4x5, a couple of camera mount boards and a couple of recessed lens boards from Shanghai, a bag bellows I found on e-Bay, and a collection of lenses. One of the mechanical engineers made me an extension plate which mounts the camera with the image plane coincident with the frame plane. (This accomplishes the same as the LD adapter which mounts the camera forward enough to do the same thing).



I found a 105 mm press camera lens which I used for initial tests, an 80mm Rodagon enlarger lens, 135mm and 180mm APO-Rodenstock lenses with broken shutters, but functional diaphragms. The 105 is unusable for quality work, and the 80mm is usable only for very close macro work. The best lens is the 180, as you may be able to see from the attached images of my Chevy Volt model, but the 135 is very usable. Anything shorter just isn't feasible; there just isn't enough room. I wonder if it's any better with the LD attachment. The Canon EOS 1Ds MkII was unusable because the black covering on the handle protruded just enough to keep it from mounting and turning. So I wound up using my 5D, which is a fine camera. I'm thinking about getting a 5D MkII for its Live View feature.

[A Sem]

I got the same situation with this earlier setup:


I used 135mm lens and up, which was unacceptable for studio closeup work.
I do not have a lot of experience with different lenses on Horseman. I use this setup only for tabletop product shots.
If you don't mind...publish here your custom camera mount.