To complete the set: What is the ratio of the longest to the shortest focal lengths in your 4x5 kit? For my kit it is 450mm/55mm = 8.18, so say 8.
Only 15 responses allowed, so pick the closest to your ratio.
1.0 (one lens kit)
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
4.0
4.5
5.0
5.5
6.0
7.0
8.0
9.0
10.0
To complete the set: What is the ratio of the longest to the shortest focal lengths in your 4x5 kit? For my kit it is 450mm/55mm = 8.18, so say 8.
Only 15 responses allowed, so pick the closest to your ratio.
Last edited by Ron Marshall; 28-Mar-2008 at 13:43.
Rounding up: 8.620689655172
12.6
You missed my usual combination for 180mm and 135mm. While I own a 210mm, it is a barrel lens I rarely use. So my kit works out to 1.33
Just took a look, and I have three different 135mm lenses, all various vintages, though the one in Copal 0 gets the most use. Then there is my HB&H, which is near that focal length, but without shutter. Afterwards is a Nikkor-W 180mm, which gets used often. Last is a 21cm Zeiss Tessar, rarely used due to lack of shutter. Anyway, my feeling is that if it sits mostly on a shelf, then it isn't really part of my kit.
Ciao!
Gordon Moat Photography
Last edited by Gordon Moat; 28-Mar-2008 at 13:23. Reason: grammar
Mine is 12.76. Why did the poll stop at 10?
Maximum 15 responses; I should have spaced it better.Originally Posted by Joshua Dunn
sounds like custom glass, my numbers came out smoother, and less scientific
10. 650 and 65mm. That's easy to calculate.
It is 3 for the 8x10, and 1 for the 4x5. (and 1 for the 5x7 before it disapeared).
I do have a shorter lens for 8x10 than I used to calculate my answer, but it is a wee little micro lens that I bought on impulse and never put on a board (which would have me closer to 4.) 480mm/159mm
Whoops, just rememberd the massive 600mm Rodenstock I recently got and haven't figured out a way to actually mount (Why did Picker go with only 5.5" sq lens boards for the Zone VI 8x10?!)
So I have buggered up the poll. I should have answered 4 instead of 3. There goes the the poll's relaibility!
Vaughn
My 4x5 has enough bellows to accommodate my Nikon 1200T, so strictly speaking my ratio is 1200 / 47 = 25.5. I have yet to use the 4x5/1200T combination in the field, but I'm sure that day will come...
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