MBrooks
23-Apr-2014, 10:36
Hi all -
I've spent the last month or so reading up on field cameras, monorails, as well as lenses in order to start a large format kit for my progression from MF to LF. I have mostly been using Mamiya 6/7 bodies and their superb optics, so I am looking to invest in an excellent 90mm and a 150mm for LF, as I am used to a 50mm (or 65) /80mm (or 90) on MF.
I recently acquired a Wista 45SP, as I decided that monorails would be too cumbersome for my genre of work. I selected the Wista due to its similarities to the Master Technika but without the high price tag of the Linhof brand. I also favour a metal field camera due to the (arguable) lack of precision and rigidity inherent to the Chamonix/Shen Hao/Tachihara wooden field cameras.
I am aware that Wista states the maximum rear lens barrel diameter of the 45SP/RF as 80mm. I have consulted the technical documents provided by Rodenstock for their Grandagon-N 90mm 4.5, which states an 88.5mm total length, 85mm push-on mount diameter, 98mm flange focal length and 70mm rear barrel diameter (copal #1).
Given that the 90 4.5's rear barrel diameter is 70mm, it should be okay? Does anyone have experience with this pairing? The 85mm push-on mount diameter somehow seems concerning to me. From what I understand, the 90mm 4.5 will not mount on the Wista recessed board (which is a particular sort of recessed board). Also, please note that I will be using a bag bellows with the 90mm so as to permit more flexibility compared to the standard bellows.
If anyone has some insights here, please let me know! As always, I appreciate the expertise of this forum (that I have been browsing for quite some time).
- Matthew
www.matthewbrooks.me (http://www.matthewbrooks.me)
Rodenstock Grandagon-N 90mm 4.5 technical info
114148
Wista 45SP description (B&H)
114149
I've spent the last month or so reading up on field cameras, monorails, as well as lenses in order to start a large format kit for my progression from MF to LF. I have mostly been using Mamiya 6/7 bodies and their superb optics, so I am looking to invest in an excellent 90mm and a 150mm for LF, as I am used to a 50mm (or 65) /80mm (or 90) on MF.
I recently acquired a Wista 45SP, as I decided that monorails would be too cumbersome for my genre of work. I selected the Wista due to its similarities to the Master Technika but without the high price tag of the Linhof brand. I also favour a metal field camera due to the (arguable) lack of precision and rigidity inherent to the Chamonix/Shen Hao/Tachihara wooden field cameras.
I am aware that Wista states the maximum rear lens barrel diameter of the 45SP/RF as 80mm. I have consulted the technical documents provided by Rodenstock for their Grandagon-N 90mm 4.5, which states an 88.5mm total length, 85mm push-on mount diameter, 98mm flange focal length and 70mm rear barrel diameter (copal #1).
Given that the 90 4.5's rear barrel diameter is 70mm, it should be okay? Does anyone have experience with this pairing? The 85mm push-on mount diameter somehow seems concerning to me. From what I understand, the 90mm 4.5 will not mount on the Wista recessed board (which is a particular sort of recessed board). Also, please note that I will be using a bag bellows with the 90mm so as to permit more flexibility compared to the standard bellows.
If anyone has some insights here, please let me know! As always, I appreciate the expertise of this forum (that I have been browsing for quite some time).
- Matthew
www.matthewbrooks.me (http://www.matthewbrooks.me)
Rodenstock Grandagon-N 90mm 4.5 technical info
114148
Wista 45SP description (B&H)
114149