Nick Wood
22-Nov-2006, 10:15
(Posting this as a result of another thread I left today re. Sironar vs Sinaron)
Have just taken delivery of a Linhof Kardan GT. Have been waiting for a decent kit to crop up on eBay, but continually miss out.
Opted for monorail over field; really I was after something more portable, but this will get me going in the mysterious LF universe.
I was expecting German precision in the Kardan. Now that it's turned up it seems to be 'super-precision' ...WOW!
Unfortunately there's no lens board. I fully realised how expensive Linhof accessories would be, but got the camera for an absolute song.
Anyway, to lenses. Most of my subject matter is landscape, with a bit of portraiture and architectural thrown in. My favoured MF lens is 50mm.
I've half decided to start with a 90mm and a 210mm, though I'm not sure how much movement I'll get from the standard Kardan bellows with the 90mm. I'll shortly be receiving a recessed lens panel adaptor which will take Technika panels, so that should help with the 90mm, but I'm not sure whether it'll help enough?
I only chose to investigate the Rodenstocks because of the 'Lenses for 4x5 cameras - landscape' feature on the LF homepage.
Any other suggestions would be most welcome.
Thanks
Nick
Have just taken delivery of a Linhof Kardan GT. Have been waiting for a decent kit to crop up on eBay, but continually miss out.
Opted for monorail over field; really I was after something more portable, but this will get me going in the mysterious LF universe.
I was expecting German precision in the Kardan. Now that it's turned up it seems to be 'super-precision' ...WOW!
Unfortunately there's no lens board. I fully realised how expensive Linhof accessories would be, but got the camera for an absolute song.
Anyway, to lenses. Most of my subject matter is landscape, with a bit of portraiture and architectural thrown in. My favoured MF lens is 50mm.
I've half decided to start with a 90mm and a 210mm, though I'm not sure how much movement I'll get from the standard Kardan bellows with the 90mm. I'll shortly be receiving a recessed lens panel adaptor which will take Technika panels, so that should help with the 90mm, but I'm not sure whether it'll help enough?
I only chose to investigate the Rodenstocks because of the 'Lenses for 4x5 cameras - landscape' feature on the LF homepage.
Any other suggestions would be most welcome.
Thanks
Nick