Up to now I have been using a 120mm Nikkor SW lens for my go to really wide angel lens for my whole plate and 8x10 cameras. Upcoming project would require a wide angle lens for my 8x10 that would have to allow for some front rise movement. Seriously thinking of acquiring a 150mm SW Nikkor. Figure that I can't really go wrong with this optic. Am looking for opinions on this optic from users before making the plunge. Other alternatives? 150mm f/6.8 GOERZ (Berlin) Dagor Series III and GOLDEN DAGOR come to mind.... but my 1961 B&J catalogue only rates them as covering 5x7 at f/45, which I think is very conservative. 155mm Grandagon-N also comes to mind, but haven't come across one FS in some time. Comments welcome.
FYI: The project: Duplicate images that a local photographer took in our town around 1900-1910. We have his 8x10 view camera but not his lenses. Believe he used around a 150mm optic that had rather generous front rise movements. No idea of the lens that he used back then.
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