90mm and 300mm, what great focal lengths (4x5)

[seabird]

If I were to do a 3 lens trip ... I would do 90;150;300

Me too - but only because 90:150:300 is all I own. It works for the majority of the images I see (landscape).

The 135mm is a focal length that I don't get.

To the contrary, 135 is a focal length that I find seriously tempting. Too often I find the 150 a smidge too narrow, but the 90 way too wide. If I was to change my 90:150:300 set I'd be tempted to lose the 150 and replace it with a 135 and a 200. If I choose the right 135 (eg Apo-Sironar) I could even leave it mounted inside my closed Technika. And if I acquired the Nikkor 200-M as well I'd barely even know I was carrying an extra lens.

The other thought I occasionally have is to keep the 150 but ditch the 90 and replace it with the SSXL 80 & 110 pair. But weight (kit weight, not my weight), cost and marital harmony mean that will not be happening in the foreseeable future.

Then again, I could also occasionally put a Fuji 450C to good use...

Oh dear. And have you seen what the Australian dollar has been doing recently ???

[anchored]

My kit consists of 75, 90, 120, 150, 210, 300... and find myself wanting something around 250 (seems like a good amount of the time I use my Linhof viewer for previewing shots it frequently ends up on the 240/250 setting.

Main "go-to" lenses seems to be the 120 and 210, with the 75 and 300 being ever-so-rarely used.

Suppose that only goes to show lens selection is a very personal thing based upon style of shooting.....

[Rust Never Sleeps]

My kit consists of 75, 90, 120, 150, 210, 300... and find myself wanting something around 250 (seems like a good amount of the time I use my Linhof viewer for previewing shots it frequently ends up on the 240/250 setting.

Main "go-to" lenses seems to be the 120 and 210, with the 75 and 300 being ever-so-rarely used.

Suppose that only goes to show lens selection is a very personal thing based upon style of shooting.....

Ha, I'm going to need a 250 too. I thought the 210 to 300 spread would work for me but I am finding some situations like today that a 250 would be lovely in. Not many options in this focal length but the Fuji 250 CM-W looks sweet. Hoping to find a used one as I wouldn't use the lens enough to justify a new one.

[Mike1234]

Gee whizz... some of you guys have (or may soon have) lens kits with only a 1.25x or less difference between FL's. I wish I could physically carry (and fiscally afford) a kit like that.

Dream Lens Kit For 4x5: 38, 47, 58, 72, 90, 110, 135, 165, 200, 250, 300, 375, 450, and 600.

Now THAT'S a 4x5 lens kit!! Okay, the 38 is only for 6x12 roll film but, hey, who's counting? And the 600 is a 1.33x jump but it's a compromise for weight (Fujinon-C).

[oris642]

Ditto here: 90, 135, 200, 300, all Nikkor to standardize the controls. I was going to buy a 450 but given the size of prints I'm after I'm just going to crop the 300.

I bought and sold a couple of kits before getting to my preferred option of: 90;135;200;300.

I've come to realise that kit selection is very subjective. Thankfully there are lots of great options for lens kits.