Who here loves their 75mm lens on 4x5?

[ROL]

I thought increasing age brought one a LOT closer to the ground!

…or in it!

[Paul Cunningham]

This image impresses me for not having a "wide feel" to it. It is the interaction of foreground and background, I guess.

Love my 75mm. Balanced Rock and Cacti, Big Bend National Park, Rodenstock 75mm APO Grandagon, Velvia 50.

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Sometimes it not wide enough though, and I reach for the 55mm. It all depends.

Bob

[Paul Cunningham]

Love this composition.

I no longer have my 75, I replaced it with the 72XL.
Neither got very much use, but when needed, nothing else will do.

upass077a by Ari4000, on Flickr

[ROL]

Of course, longer lenses give you longer reach, among other attributes. As my earlier point suggested, it really depends on what the user does with the lens, not necessarily the other way 'round. I never understood that so personally (and so recently ) as just yesterday, when I attempted to isolate images of fine art prints in order to flesh out an APUG post. Selecting uses of normal lenses, versus very "wide" and "telephoto", I repeatedly misidentified the lens used. Some pictures that I recollected were taken with wide lenses, were actually with the longest, and vice versa! All that matters in the end is the end result, not any particular tool.

[Ari]

Thank you, Paul.

[Boinzo]

I totally love my 75! It is my go-to lens and has produced probably 80% of my exhibited work. The image circle is huge (for a wide) so it accommodates plenty of funky movements and is just a pleasure to shoot. I very rarely use a 58mm XL as well and really - it's just too wide in almost all natural environment locations I visit.
I think a lot depends on where you are - the 75 (and wider) were totally useless when I visited the South-West for example(except perhaps in the Zion Narrows). And so I mostly shot a 150 and 300 there. But here, in my Australian backyard - the 75mm smashes it.

[Michael_4514]

as long as its not on the ground....then I can hardly get up!

Better on the ground than under it.

[ROL]

I think a lot depends on where you are - the 75 (and wider) were totally useless when I visited the South-West for example...

I think a lot depends on where you are ( – meant ambiguously), for example. Not to take you to task, Boinzo, but I keep revisiting this thread because I believe there are some important points to be made regarding image making. The first image taken with a very long lens, the second with a super wide angle lens (75/4x5 equivalent). Neither, but especially Liliputian Arch, will be found on the AAA maps:

White Rim and Candlestick Tower



Liliputian Arch, White Rim

[Boinzo]

Totally ROL. I thought that was what I meant!

I think a lot depends on where you are ( – meant ambiguously), for example. Not to take you to task, Boinzo, but I keep revisiting this thread because I believe there are some important points to be made regarding image making. The first image taken with a very long lens, the second with a super wide angle lens (75/4x5 equivalent). Neither, but especially Liliputian Arch, will be found on the AAA maps:
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[Paul Cunningham]

So it seems I will keep the 75mm f/4.5 in my bag of tricks, at least for now, even though it is a bit close to my 90mm f/8. It's not like you can have *too many* lenses, is it?