In 4x5, what is your most used lens?

[jayabbas]

Nikon 200/8 M. I'll usually bring 6 lenses in my backpack (80, 120, 165, 200, 250, 300), but use the 200 at least 25% of the time, some outings up to 50%. If I wanted to travel very lightly, it would be with just that lens, since the camera folds up nicely with it attached.

Now that is a lot of fine glass to tote around. How does your back feel after an outing? I offset the meat of my monorail with a lonely 165 Angulon and its pretty sister, a 240 G-Claron. This usually gets the job done.

[r.e.]

to find the equivalent focal length in 1
35mm would you divide a LF lens focal length by 3?
so a 90mm would be roughly the same as 30mm in 135?

Stradibarrius,

Could I ask why you are asking people what their most used lens is?

If you asked someone who shoots 35mm what his or her most used lens is, the answer would depend in part on subject. A person who makes photographs of animals in the wild, a person who photographs insects, a person who shoots landscapes, a person who photographs interiors of buildings and a person who makes head and shoulder portraits are likely to come up with different answers to the question.

Same for 4x5. Reading this thread, the answers are meaningless, dare I say pointless, unless one knows the work of the person giving the answer.

[Wayne]

135 Caltar cuz it folds up inside my Wista 45sp. And I like it.

[Tony Karnezis]

Almost all my images were taken with a Caltar-S II 210/5.6 (Schneider Symmar-S).

[John Kasaian]

203mm Kodak Ektar (which pulls double duty on the 5x7 Speed Graphic) and a 162mm Wollensak Series II Velostigmat. Less used is a 127mm Ektar cause it lacks wiggle room---it lives aboard an Anny Speed Graphic

[Heroique]

I have a three-lens kit for my 4x5 Tachi landscapes – 110/150/240.

Hmm...

Last week’s trip into the woods, the lens I used least was my Fuji A 240mm/9.

In 2nd place (but it was a very, very close finish) was my Schneider 110mm/5.6.

Now, if I had one, I think a 180mm would have been my most used lens for this trip.

[JOSEPH ANDERSON]

Most Used Is 203 Ektar And 90mm Sa I Have Many Lenses But Those Are The Most Used. Happy Shooting Joe A

[adam satushek]

In order:
1. 150/ f5.6 rod. apo sironar-s
2. 210/ f5.6 sch. apo symmar
3. 120/ f8 nikk. sw
4. 450/ f9 nikk. m
5. 300/ f9 nikk. m
6. 90/ 8 nikk sw

All for landscape like stuff

[Duane Polcou]

For B/W Landscapes, in order of frequency:

210mm f5.6 Fujinon NW
150mm f5.6 Fujinon NW
90mm f8 Calumet Caltar WII
360mm f5.5 Schneider Tele Xenar

[LaurentB]

Apo Symmar 150/5.6

In fact, it's now my only LF lens. I had up to 5 lenses, and spent too much time fiddling with lenses, different shutters, etc... So I sold the others and kept this one, and this seems to fire a new interest in LF for me...