Hi all, just found and posted on this thread, but wanted to create a new thread altogether.
Retrofocus lens designs have never really been needed on large format cameras, though there is at least one excpetion; the one-shot camera.
I'm wondering if the Curtis Color Stellar 133mm f/5.3 (4x5") is the only one of this type ever made(?) http://www.vintagephoto.tv/scouts2.shtml
A project to build a one-shot camera is currently in its infancy over at APUG (really just the "dreaming" stages), but I thought I'd go ahead and solicit information regarding lenses of this types.
Due to the lengthy light path necessitated by two mirrors, a retrofocus design is needed to achieve any semblance of a wide-angle view on a camera like this.
Also, it doesn't have to be confined to LF either; MF and even 35mm would be interesting to know about too. Basically any lens with a wide-angle of view relative to it's focal distance would be great to learn about.
Thanks!
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