5X7 Wide Angle Lenses

[roresteen]

Hi everyone. I was hoping I could get a few opinions on some wide angle lenses for 5X7. I have a 210 Fujinon I will be using for portraits and general shooting, but at some point, I want to shoot landscapes at the 35mm equivalent of 20-28MM. I'm not sure what that comes out to in 5X7...I appreciate any and all advice - thank you.

[Jan Pedersen]

Older lens and a little hard to find, WA Dagor 4 3/8" or 111mm not a lot of movements but small and compact. Most often found in an Ilex #3
Nikon SW120 f8 covers 8x10 with no movement but tack sharp. Mounted in a modern Copal 0
Nikon's 90mm f4.5 will also cover 5x7 with very little to no movements. Mounted in a Copal 0

[Linhof]

i always calculate from the diagonal of the film:

standard lens is almost equal to diagonal of the film. so 150mm lens to 4x5 film, 210mm lens to 5x7 film, and 300mm lens to 8x10 film.

wide angle lens is almost 0.6 or 0.5 or even wider (depends on image circle) of diagonal of the film. so 90mm or 75mm to 4x5 film, 165mm or 210mm lens to 8x10 film, 90mm or 120mm to 5x7 lens.

choices of wide angle lens include Schneider Super Angulon and Rodenstock.

[Ari]

Schneider SA 121 covers 5x7 easily, lots of movements.
Or a Grandagon 115 covers almost as much.

Both are excellent wide angles for 5x7.

Or look here: http://www.largeformatphotography.in...s/LF5x7in.html

[Greg Y]

I use a 4 3/8" WA Dagor in a Rapax & a 150 g claron....both small & I like the results in 5x7

[austin granger]

I'm not sure if it'd be quite wide enough for you, but I like my 6 inch Goerz Dagor. It's sharp, small, fairly bright (6.8) and if you ever want to use a 4x5 back, it makes a nice standard lens in that format.

To get an rough idea as to the perspective, here is a picture shot with it on 5x7 film:


And on 4x5 film:


Austin
http://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/

[John Kasaian]

My current 5x7 WA is a Wollensak 159mm WA borrowed from the 8x10 kit. Its plenty wide & has lots of coverage--plus I already owned the thing!

[john biskupski]

Schneider Super-Symmar 110XL is probably the reference wide angle lens for 5x7, but pricey. The others already mentioned are very good also, the Nikkor 120/8 SW, Super-Angulon 121/8, but you also have two unusual lenses which fit the bill but not so wide, the Germinar W 150/9 and the Apo-Sironar-W 150/5.6, all OK for 5x7. The old 165/6.8 Angulon also covers. The above mentioned Wollensak 159 is the smallest of these, except for the tiny Germinar.

[Lachlan 717]

Schneider 72mm SAXL.

[Gem Singer]

Since you have a Fujinon 210, look for a previously owned Fujinon f8 105 SW.

The Fujinon f4.5 90 SWD will also cover 5x7, with movements. However, it might be too wide for your purposes.

I use my Nikon/Nikkor f8 120SW for 5x7 and my f8 90SW for 4x5.