Ag Jones
13-Jul-2004, 08:41
Hi-
Thanks to all the great articles and advice here I am going to take the LF plunge with a 4x5. I am still in the planning stages and had some questions . The charts here have been a great help but I am still confused about how much movement one needs for landscapes. Alot of posts here will say none of the wide angles have a big enough image circle to do much movement, others say all you really need for landscapes is a couple degrees of tilt. So I am a little confused about how much movement you need in the real world and therefore if my current P system would cause vignetting. How much movement does one really need to shoot landscapes?
I like to do alot of near-far shots and more often than not in the portrait view. I use the Cokin P system with Singh-Ray filters (Grads and the SR sprocket polarizer). I know I could jump upto the 100mm wide Lee kit, I would like to be able to stay with the P mount and these filters if possible (why spend more than you have to)
Landscapers-what is the widest lens you can use with the Cokin P system and still have enough movements?
I am thinking of starting with a Nikon 90/8 with 67mm filters (and probably a Shen-Hao camera). I am also thinking that down the road I will want a 75 and /or a 65mm lens (Figured I would need the bag bellows too). Based just on specs I was thinking of the Rodenstock 75/6.8 and 65/4.5 since they both take 58mm filters. The thought is the 58mm filter size will allow plenty of movement with the P mount, where some of the 67mm filter sized lenses in the 65-75 range would have vignetting issues with the P system.
Does anyone have experience with the Cokin P mount and wide angle lenses? At what focal length will a lens with a 67mm filter start to vignette? At what length will a lens with a 58mm filter do the same?
Thanks for any help!
Thanks to all the great articles and advice here I am going to take the LF plunge with a 4x5. I am still in the planning stages and had some questions . The charts here have been a great help but I am still confused about how much movement one needs for landscapes. Alot of posts here will say none of the wide angles have a big enough image circle to do much movement, others say all you really need for landscapes is a couple degrees of tilt. So I am a little confused about how much movement you need in the real world and therefore if my current P system would cause vignetting. How much movement does one really need to shoot landscapes?
I like to do alot of near-far shots and more often than not in the portrait view. I use the Cokin P system with Singh-Ray filters (Grads and the SR sprocket polarizer). I know I could jump upto the 100mm wide Lee kit, I would like to be able to stay with the P mount and these filters if possible (why spend more than you have to)
Landscapers-what is the widest lens you can use with the Cokin P system and still have enough movements?
I am thinking of starting with a Nikon 90/8 with 67mm filters (and probably a Shen-Hao camera). I am also thinking that down the road I will want a 75 and /or a 65mm lens (Figured I would need the bag bellows too). Based just on specs I was thinking of the Rodenstock 75/6.8 and 65/4.5 since they both take 58mm filters. The thought is the 58mm filter size will allow plenty of movement with the P mount, where some of the 67mm filter sized lenses in the 65-75 range would have vignetting issues with the P system.
Does anyone have experience with the Cokin P mount and wide angle lenses? At what focal length will a lens with a 67mm filter start to vignette? At what length will a lens with a 58mm filter do the same?
Thanks for any help!