What's a good SF lens for 8x10? I love the 250mm Imagon on 4x5 and am in the market for the 360mm Imagon w/disks but what would be a good runner-up to the Imagon?
Thomas
What's a good SF lens for 8x10? I love the 250mm Imagon on 4x5 and am in the market for the 360mm Imagon w/disks but what would be a good runner-up to the Imagon?
Thomas
The 360 Imagon that I use is just perfect. If you can find one in shutter, it's a very nice lens to use for portrait in 8x10.
Thierry M.L.
I hear ya Thierry. The 250mm on 4x5 is perfect and I'd love to get my hands on a 360mm for the 8x10.
Thoma
Verito in your choice of size.
Reinhold Wollaston Meniscus if you don't need a shutter.
Kodak 405 portrait
magnifying glass
close up filter
Kodak 305 portrait works but was meant for 5x7.
too many good choices actually
How "soft?"
Never underestimate the power of pantyhose stretched over a lens---or gobs of K-Y lubricant on the edges of a filter.
"I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority"---EB White
The Verito, or if you do color, the Veritar, (an updated, achromatically-corrected Verito). The Imagon is also wonderful. The Kodak 405mm Portrait Lens is another good choice. The Velostigmat Series II (if you uncork" it) is excellent. I love the Cooke Portrait Lenses, but they may not go as soft as you'd like.
"I love my Verito lens, but I always have to sharpen everything in Photoshop..."
I shoot 8x10 with Eidoscope #2, Verito 18", Kodak 405mm, Vitax 16" and Gundlach Manhattan-Hyperion 18" ... they'r all different. I've done most work with the Eidoscope #2 on my Sinar P2, just a preference.
YMMV
Thanks for the input on this guys - I'm checking each of the above suggestions out...looking closely at the Wollensaks along with the Imagon.
Thomas
Thomas
why not have a look at Jim Galli's site, there's the benefit of seeing what's actually achieved with a range of differing sf lenses
andrew
Good idea Andrew. I'm on my way.
Thomas
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