Hello,
we will be in Italy for a week in April, sleeping in a tent.
I would like to take a large format camera with me.
Unfortunately I have got two of them and lenses to build two systems ...
Here is a comparison:
Camera Wista 45N Intrepid 4x5 Wide-angle Fujinon NW 5,6/125 (46mm filter thread) Super Angulon 8/90 Normal lens Fujinon A 9/180 (46mm filter thread) Sironar-N 5.6/150 Tele lens Apo-Ronar 9/300 G-Claron 9/210 4x5 holders 6 Riteway holders 6 Riteway holders MF holder Toyo 67/45 (slips under ground glass) Horseman 6x9 (Graflok) Tripod Gitzo Gilux Reporter w ball head Gitzo Gilux Reporter w ball head
The Wista combination is heavier (+1kg) than the Intrepid combination. But the Wista is sturdier and I can keep the Fujinon W 5.6/125 or the Fujinon A 9/180 mounted on the camera when storing it in my backpack.
The Toyo roll film holder just slips under the ground glass of the Wista. On the Intrepid I have to take of the ground glass to mount the roll film holder. For this reason I would take the Horseman 6x9 holder with me to honor the effort.
The Intrepid is lighter, but will it be sturdy enough to take it with me for camping / hiking? It will be wrapped in a blue Novoflex wrapping cloth that also serves as a focusing cloth. The Wista already has a focusing hood. But the Wista will be wrapped too.
Of course I could build a ultra light set: Intrepid, Fujinon W 5.6/125, Fujinon A 9/180 and the Apo-Ronar 9/300. But the Fujinon A 9/180 is the lens I love the most - I just dont want to haul it around in my bag and take it out to mount it etc. I like it more mounted on the Wista.
Another keep-it-simple option would be: the Wista with a mounted Fujinon 5.6/125 and the G-Claron 9/210. Would this be enough for landscape, macros, architecture?
It's too complicated.
What do you propose?
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