Rather than bore you with another "210mm lens for 8x10" thread, I'll bore you with a "300mm lens for 8x10" thread.
Looking for some suggestions on an affordable 300mm lens to use for 8x10 portraits.
What's affordable? Nothing, really, but let's try under $800 for starters.
Here are the rules I'm playing by:
- Not looking for 14" or longer, not my style.
- not the very latest modern glass (no APO-Sironars, etc)
- needs to be in a shutter
- single/multi-coated
- smooth and sharp look, medium contrast
- not pictorialist/soft looking lenses
- f/4.5 preferred
Been there: Radar, Commercial Ektar, Wolly Series II, Heliar
Considering a 300mm Xenar, one is f/4.5, other is f/5.6 and of more recent vintage
Also considering some older coated Fujis - 300 S or 300 L (both in Copal 3, both f/5.6).
I know there's a lot I don't know, so any suggestions would help, if they tick off one or more boxes.
Thanks in advance!
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