So far for my 4x5 kit I have a 90, 120, 150, 210, 300, and a 360. I have a few more to get to complete the lens lineup but so far I can definitely tell the 90 and 300 will get used a lot from about a year of shooting(I'm new to LF). Besides shooting, I use a Visualizer when I am hiking or backcountry snowboarding and take notes, the 90 or 300 get written down a lot as the lens I will need when I come back.
The 90 is a perfect wide angle, not too wide but not too long on the wide scale, just right. Most 90 lenses have plenty of movements so if needed running out of coverage is not a problem. Does not push back things such a mountains that are at infinity too far back thus losing some detail in them. Love it for full frame or 1:1.6, 1:2, and the occasional 1:1.8 crops.
The 300 fits longer compositions just perfect. I'm anal about little stuff at the edges and the 300 almost always just fits what I want at the edges and what I don't. Can do crazy movements at this focal length with a large image circle. Very nice for full frame but love it for 1:2 crops.
I need all my lenses and have many and will take many shots that would not be possible without then, but my 90 and 300 get too much attention. My lenses are Rodenstock 90 6.8 and Fuji 300c 8.5
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