FUJI FUJINON L 420mm F8 Question.

[Rscaboy]

Hello folks,

I have a question regarding this lens --> FUJI FUJINON L 420mm F8

I don't find a lot of info regarding this lens on internet....

I'm shooting mainly "Portrait" and have only one lens the APO Symmar 300 for my Shen-Hao 8x10.

So I would like to know if this lens is covering the 8x10 (I suppose yes) and if this lens would be better suited for portraiture than my APO Symmar 300 ?

What do you think ?

Thanks in advance for your answer.

Dom from Belgium

[Peter De Smidt]

Yes, it'll cover 8x10. It's a high quality, single-coated Tessar. It's an excellent lens for 8x10 portraits.

[Drew Wiley]

It's a thick element tessar which held high repute with portrait photographers. I'd love to have one myself. But it will be heavy, so I hope your 8x10 has a very stiff front standard.

[Steve Goldstein]

...But it will be heavy, so I hope your 8x10 has a very stiff front standard.

I had the opportunity to weigh one a while back - 975 grams including the caps and retaining ring.

[Peter De Smidt]

I owned one for about 15 years. It worked just fine on all of my cameras.

[orgraph]

2020-01-14 Zhitomyr region of Ukraine, 8х10 Sh HC 31 7-30 min008-01web by Yuriy Sanin, on Flickr
2020-01-12. Zhitomyr region. Wista 8x10, Fujinon L 420/8, Shanghai 100 in HC 1+31

With this lens you can only do a chest portrait, there is no way to get close to the model. For a large portrait I use Fujinon L 300 f 5.6
Portrait 8х10 by Yuriy Sanin, on Flickr
Wista 8x10, Fujinon 300/5.6@11, Shanghai 100 in DDX 1+9 12 min

[Rscaboy]

2020-01-14 Zhitomyr region of Ukraine, 8х10 Sh HC 31 7-30 min008-01web by Yuriy Sanin, on Flickr
2020-01-12. Zhitomyr region. Wista 8x10, Fujinon L 420/8, Shanghai 100 in HC 1+31


With this lens you can only do a chest portrait, there is no way to get close to the model. For a large portrait I use Fujinon L 300 f 5.6
Portrait 8х10 by Yuriy Sanin, on Flickr
Wista 8x10, Fujinon 300/5.6@11, Shanghai 100 in DDX 1+9 12 min

Hi,

Well the portrait that you show is a Chest Portrait no ?

[Rscaboy]

Hello Peter,

Thanks for the feed-back do you have some exemple of Portrait took with this lens ?

Dom

[Rscaboy]

I owned one for about 15 years. It worked just fine on all of my cameras.

Hello Peter,

Thanks for the feed-back do you have some exemple of Portrait took with this lens ?

Dom

[Peter De Smidt]

Alas, no. When I had it, I mainly did landscapes with 4x5. I sold it because I needed the money...and then I got more into 8x10 and regretted the sale. Anyway, here's an 8x10 shot with the 420L: