Hello All
i'm looking for all advice to a setup in 8x10 for portrait
Camera (folding)
lens
eventually enlarger (not too much weight )
thank you
Thc
Hello All
i'm looking for all advice to a setup in 8x10 for portrait
Camera (folding)
lens
eventually enlarger (not too much weight )
thank you
Thc
Welcome, study this page
https://www.largeformatphotography.info/
and tell us more about you and your photography
Tin Can
Like TinCan says, look around. Search a little. This question has probably been asked a dozen times a year for the last 20 years or so. We can’t predict what you want because even aside from aesthetic preferences, portraits can be made with just about any camera, lens, and film.
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-Chris
Beyond the above excellent suggestions, you should know that there is no such thing as an 8x10 enlarger that is "not too much weight." If you are shooting 8x10 and want to do traditional prints you should consider contact prints.
Buy this lens, and then you need not search any other lens any more.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Cooke-XVa-T...AAAOSweP9eLuvi
What sort of look are you going for? Heavy bokeh? Sharp? Somewhere in between?
There are several portrait specialists who work with 8x10s.
You might consider which lenses worked for them, and how they performed.
Kodak Commercial Ektar and Schneider Symmar have had a sizable following for decades.
Wollensak Vitax are very desirable but more rare and expensive.
And of course the Dagor.
Good luck!
"I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority"---EB White
And of course a Heliar!
Kent in SD
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Notte e di vogliam passar!
Lighting, Connection with your portrait sitter are often more important than lens-camera-image format size...etc.
~Much about the portrait sitters expression and content of the portrait image produced. Knowing precisely what your portrait sitter and image maker wants to achieve is the primary goal. All the rest are mere means to achieve this.
Bernice
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