Budget wide angle lens for 8x10

[Carsten Wolff]

.... for the real cheapskate/experimenter: I bought a 170mm f8 Fujinon copier lens in plastic mount for a few $ off the surplusshed I think, many years ago. Surprisingly covered 5x7" with ease and half-decent corners. May cover 8x10". Not sure what optical formula it was even. No shutter of course and not on par with proper LF glass I should think.
Saw a russian KMZ Orion 20cm f6.3 aerial lens recently cheap somewhere... Looks "Metrogony".... again: no shutter AFAIK. I'm sure people will have views on this one .

[Dan Fromm]

Carsten, years ago a bunch (= > a handful) of 200/6.3 Orions popped up on eBay.com. Orion-1a, if I recall correctly. For more information, see http://www.photohistory.ru/index.php...07248189593846

Buyers complained bitterly about them. It seems that the outer surfaces were unintentionally aspherical, with ridges and other unevenness. So much for the belief that lenses for aerial cameras were all made to high standards.