4x5 or 8x10 not sure wich way to go/can replicate the look of an 8x10 shot wide open

[Luke79]

Great thread and great information, im really new to this topic,

but is there a way to use old "non shutter" lenses on 8x10 with some kind of focal plane shutter like on the speed graphic,

are there cameras having focal plane shutters? I think not? sorry for my questions but would like to know!
only thing i have seen , self made paper card shutters holding in front of the lens, are there other possibilities

Luke

[cosmicexplosion]

well if your exposure is 1 second and over it seem pretty easy to do it your self, i always get unstuck at 1/1000th

but really, people use hats for eg. so i reckon you could rig some thing up. a lens cap or maybe a spring loaded lens cap.

i have never done it.

[John Kasaian]

FWIW, I would think the lens would have more to do with the "wide open" look than the format, but then I could be full of beans.