If you could have only three lens focal lengths?

[Peter Gomena]

90, 150, 210 for 4x5.
120, 210, 300 for whole plate.
It's funny, I primarily use normal-to-long lenses for 4x5, but wide-to-normal lenses more often on WP.

Peter Gomena

[ImSoNegative]

i have a 65 90 210 for 4x5. i also have a 121 SA but i use it on my 8x10. my 8x10 trio consist of 121, 300, 480. Im looking for something around 175 that will cover 8x10, the 121 is a bit too wide.

[Former Member 27732]

Shooting 8x10, my latest acquisition is a Schneider 90 XL. Covers 4x10 beautifully.
Next is the Schneider 150XL, then a Rodenstock 210n. The Nikkor 300 has hardly been touched and the Fuji 450 hasn't made it out of the bag, yet.
Horses for courses...

[Noah A]

If I could have only three they would be 120, 150, 210. I use these three for virtually all of my work anyway, once in a while I use my 90mm.

But I'm not a wideangle fan. In your case a 135mm or 150mm would fit in great between the lenses you already have.

[adam satushek]

Hmmmm....if I was building an all around kit for 4x5, I would probably keep my 120, 150, and 210.....but honestly my most used lenses on 4x5 (in order of use) are 150, 300, 450...though this might be a long lens phase I was going through, I havent decided yet.

However, if I had to pick only 3 lenses to use for 4x5 AND 8x10 I think a 150 (4x5 only), 300, and 450 would be a good lineup for me. I know that was not the OP's question....

[uphereinmytree]

I use a 125mm fuji, a 240mm xenar or a 220mm verito , and a 450mm nikkor on 4x5. Sometimes you can't move closer and I don't shoot alot of landscapes where really wide is best. This would be ideal for me if allowed only 3 lenses as my back has been recently, but who has only 3 lenses?

[Mark Stahlke]

For a long time my three lens kit for 4x5 landscapes was 75/125/210.

[rdenney]

I lived for years with 90 and 121mm Super Angulons and a 8-1/2" Ilex. Recently as used lenses have gotten cheap, I've added a 65, replaced the Ilex with a 210 Sironar, and added a 300. (I have others, too--150, 180, and 240, but I only use them in special cases.) I could still be happy with 90, 121, and 210, though.

Rick "who rarely notices the gap between 121 and 210" Dennet

[Drew Wiley]

That's how I generally do it anyway. For 8x10: 250,360,450.

[largeformatguy]

I lean toward the moderately wide-angle part of the spectrum. On the 8x10 it’s mostly the 10” and sometimes the 12” convertible (19” + 23½”). I guess that makes four.

On the 5x7 it’s almost exclusively the 16.5cm. But I sometimes use a 210mm Reproclaron for fruits and vegetables.

I guess I'm too comfortable in my photographic rut!