Hey everyone please help. I am out of my element on how to proceed. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

I am buying a mammoth wet plate camera, maybe one of the biggest in the world. It is a 35x35 inch view camera made in the Czech Republic.

The eventual goal is to travel Canada with a cube van darkroom and camping trailer creating a major wet plate project documenting what it is to be Canadian. Landscapes and portraits made with the HF3535, and my other view cameras (4x5 to 16x20).

Here is my question...WHAT LENS or WHAT SINGLE LENS will work for me? 47 inch Red Dot Goertz Artar? (I own a 42 inch, that might kinda work, not sure if has enough coverage). What lens will have the coverage I need? What will work for me? What lens should I seek out that will cover 35x35?

This is all 5 years or so in the future. Am currently doing documentary photo work in Asia, the wet plate project is for my retirement.

Should be fun carrying around a 80-100lb camera plus extras.

Gerry
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