Just asking, but are there 24x36 and MF lenses that can cover a 4x5? I just ask because I got given a few of "for parts" 24x36 cameras that I could re-use the lens mount off. Got a lathe and mill so making a rough lensboard and have some fun could be a possibility. And there are quite a few P6, Fuji 690, Mamiya Press, M645 lenses in the cupboard. Ok, some of those will need a shutter of some sort but hey, why not, with some direct positive film a lenscap can do.
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Short answer - for lenses designed for 24x36mm, NO.
Lenses designed for medium format, NO, however if you wish to experiment, stick to 4x5" and maybe look to circular images. A Rodenstock 35mm Grandagon might be fun, but I'm pretty sure that is not among the lot you got.
It's been done. Kinda like looking thru a doughnut hole with a squinty eyes. Logistically, you'd probably need a bag bellows n recessed board due the short focus length.
For extreme macro? Yes. For infinity? No.
As said above - whatever lens for 35 mm format or bigger can be used on 4x5 - provided you take pics with sufficient magnification. The quality of the result is a different thing altogether.
35mm Camera Lenses: Pretty much anything, as long as the subject is about 40mm diagonal.
120 Format Camera Lenses: A few press camera lenses and/or shift lenses can cover at infinity. For example the Super Horseman 120mm/5.6 has full coverage at infinity (Image Circle 160mm)
Beyond all that, MF lenses can be used creatively in 4x5 for "periscope style" images.
I'll go a little farther and tell you the reason why the answer is "no". Any excess coverage beyond the edges of a frame allows more light bouncing around inside the camera during exposure, washing out the image to some degree. No manufacturer wants to be known for that. Only in large format do we look for more coverage, for using movements or moving to a larger format.
"I love my Verito lens, but I always have to sharpen everything in Photoshop..."
28mm PC Nikkor on 4x5. Lens is mounted on a Sinar board with a Nikon female mount. Sinar copal shutter on an Auxiliary standard with 4x5 Sinar back. Amazingly the focused image matches the distance marks on the Nikkor!
Actual image on the negative is tack sharp...
A friend told me that the Leica thread mount 135mm f4.5 Hector lens covered 4x5 when he tried it. No shutter of course.
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