I've ordered a Fuji CM-W 135 and am wondering if anyone with experience with the lens can tell me if there might be a need to use a center filter with it.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions or help you can provide.
I've ordered a Fuji CM-W 135 and am wondering if anyone with experience with the lens can tell me if there might be a need to use a center filter with it.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions or help you can provide.
I doubt a suitable one is even made because the falloff, while present, is quite minor compared to true wide-angle lenses, at least on a that part of the image circle needed for 4x5 film, which this lens is basically engineered for.
I shoot a 125, which of course inherently has a bit more falloff than the 135, and it's inconsequential to me (and I'm nitpicky). It's not anything like a typical 120 super-wide ala Super-Angulon and Fuji, Nikkor, Rodenstock clones, which have a full stop and a half falloff. But you have to get longer than "normal" for anything truly even field, typically around 180 on 4x5.
Just depends on what you're doing. The 120 SW's do have a lot of falloff, which can be pretty flagrant if you're shooting chromes or otherwise need even lighting
in the scene. It takes a 1-1/2 stop CF to correct that. The 125 and 135 etc W's, NW's, CMW's are general purpose "normal" plastmats. Damn nice lenses with
a MINOR amount of falloff in the shorter focal lengths, and much smaller image circles than SW's. Much lighter, and without the stretching distortion typical of very wide fields. These choices in lens type are for very different applications. If a normal plastmat has sufficient movement for the job, I'm sure as heck am not going to rent a mule to help me carry a 120 Super-Wide. I've hacked my way up icefields and stood atop peaks with those damn things. Funny how ya gotta learn the hard way that you never needed that big an image circle to begin with, except for certain architectural shots with a lot of front rise. But back when I was young the whole name of the game was finding ways to burn excess energy. Now the name of the game is finding ways to conserve energy.
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