View Full Version : Portrait lens/shutter for 5x7 with a small lens board
David Aimone
7-Jul-2016, 10:50
Looking for a lens/shutter combination that will cover 5x7, fit on a 3.25" square lens board and do awesome portraits.
Suggestions?
you'll probably want a 240-300 sized lens
I use a heliar..but it wouldn't fit on that lensboard size
David Aimone
7-Jul-2016, 12:58
Yes, that range sounds great. I do have a front mounted 210mm Heliar but it is large and the coverage is not quite there; also have a 9.5" Velostigmat Series II with diffusion but that's also large and borderline for mounting on 3.25" square.
If I can figure out how to do that, I have what I need. I was just wondering if there were smaller options of equivalent portraiture niceness out there...
Peter De Smidt
7-Jul-2016, 13:09
How about a 10" Paragon?
David Aimone
7-Jul-2016, 13:16
How about a 10" Paragon? Know where I might find one in shutter?
you could get a 12" caltar - that would fit
ebay of course
you could get a 12" caltar - that would fit
ebay of course
Which 12" Caltar ? There were quite a few . . . . ;
I prefer a fairly normal FL for portraits and tend to go for WA lenses as well, so for me a 210 f4.5 CZJ Tessar is ideal for 7x5 in a Compound #3 but that's on a 3.625" square Seneca board.
However I gave cameras with much smaller boards and RR lenses with Thornton Pickard shutters, overcomes the problems :D
Ian
David Aimone
7-Jul-2016, 16:38
And looking at the Caltars, some are huge!
mdarnton
7-Jul-2016, 16:50
I'm fond of tessar types for portraits, and my favorite 5x7 lens for this is a 12" f/6.3 Paragon. I don't know whether it would fit your board. It has a soft creaminess but is still extremely sharp (you could click through for larger versions to see better):
https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3847/14690979160_10ee14c2fd_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/ooc7h9)
Eric (https://flic.kr/p/ooc7h9)
Michael Darnton (https://www.flickr.com/photos/michaeldarnton/), on Flickr
not sure if you like portrait veritars
but i have one on a tiny speed graphic board
it's a 10" ... the 14" is a monster.
goamules
7-Jul-2016, 18:42
Small board equals a slower lens. Awesome portrait lenses are usually fast. But I'd get a Dagor or 9" Verito, or such. Those should fit.
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