Tobasco
6-Dec-2010, 11:29
Hey all-
I'm brand new to the forums here. I just finished building a custom acoustic guitar, and my next project will be a 4x5 field camera. From the reading I've been doing, it looks like a 90mm lens is a good place for me to start. Because I'm not completely sure whether or not I'm going to get further into LF photography, I don't want to buy a brand spanking new Schneider 90mm that's corrected for color aberrations etc.
I chose the 90mm focal length primarily because I intend to shoot landscapes. I may end up getting a normal 135mm or 150mm somewhere down the road, I don't know yet. But 90mm is where I want to start.
So anyway, I have a couple of questions I was hoping you guys could answer for me.
-What is the largest size you recommend printing off of a Schneider 90mm f/8 Super Angulon with 100 ISO black & white film?
-I'm aware that older lenses are not color corrected, so I will have some chromatic aberrations if I shoot, say, Velvia or something with the lens I mentioned above. However, I'm planning on scanning the negatives and then working on them in Photoshop/Lightroom anyway. Lightroom has very good tools for removing color fringing and the like. Is it realistic to expect to be able to solve most chromatic aberration problems in post processing if I shoot color or slide film with that lens?
Thanks in advance,
Andrew
I'm brand new to the forums here. I just finished building a custom acoustic guitar, and my next project will be a 4x5 field camera. From the reading I've been doing, it looks like a 90mm lens is a good place for me to start. Because I'm not completely sure whether or not I'm going to get further into LF photography, I don't want to buy a brand spanking new Schneider 90mm that's corrected for color aberrations etc.
I chose the 90mm focal length primarily because I intend to shoot landscapes. I may end up getting a normal 135mm or 150mm somewhere down the road, I don't know yet. But 90mm is where I want to start.
So anyway, I have a couple of questions I was hoping you guys could answer for me.
-What is the largest size you recommend printing off of a Schneider 90mm f/8 Super Angulon with 100 ISO black & white film?
-I'm aware that older lenses are not color corrected, so I will have some chromatic aberrations if I shoot, say, Velvia or something with the lens I mentioned above. However, I'm planning on scanning the negatives and then working on them in Photoshop/Lightroom anyway. Lightroom has very good tools for removing color fringing and the like. Is it realistic to expect to be able to solve most chromatic aberration problems in post processing if I shoot color or slide film with that lens?
Thanks in advance,
Andrew