Poll: Shortest Focal Length You Own

[Ron Marshall]

I'm curious what the shortest focal length lens is in your kit.

Mine is a 55mm.

[Emmanuel BIGLER]

My shortest is a 45 mm apo-grandagon.
But it does not cover 4x5" ; I use it for 6x9 or 6x12.
So I cannot vote.. snifff.

[Daniel Grenier]

You forgot a common one in 8x10, Ron. The 165mm (which is my widest).

[Ole Tjugen]

Assuming you are only asking about lenses that cover 4x5", mine is a 65mm. I have even shorter lenses for smaller formats like 6.5x9cm.

A more useful question would be "what is your widest lens, in terms of image angle along the long side of the film?"
But that would have to be accompanied by tables for those who can't do mental trigonometry...

[Capocheny]

Hi Ron,

You also left out MY widest lens... the 72XL for 4x5.

110XL for 5x7
150SW Nikkor for 8x10

Cheers

[jb7]

47mm-
though this looks very much like a 4x5 poll-

j

[Walter Calahan]

120 for 8x10

Can't remember what the shortest is on my 5x7 Graflex, but it ain't short due to the mirror.

58 for 4x5

43 for 6x7

50 for 6x6

12 for 35 mm

Sorry don't own any 11x14 or larger. Grin.

[BrianShaw]

My answer only applies to the LF that I use: 4x5. Ohter answers would apply if the quesiton were directed to MF or SF.

[Ron Marshall]

I meant it to apply to 4x5; I can't believe I forgot 72mm!

If I missed your shortest, pick the nearest to it in the list.

[Vaughn]

150mm is the shortest for 4x5.

My over-all widest lens is a 159mm for 8x10.

Vaughn