Your "standard" lens for 4x5 B&W landscapes

[Bill_1856]

While many of us have an obscene number of lenses to choose from, I suspect that most of us actually have a single focal length that we use for the vast majority of our landscapes.
John Blakemore is reported to only use a 180mm lens for his intimate British beauties, while Roman Loranc uses a 210mm Nikkor for those stunning California vistas.
My vision seems to be best matched with a 203mm Ektar.
I wonder what yours is?

[BrianShaw]

For 4x5 B&W landcapes I tend to always fall back to the same lens - a 135.

For 4x5 Color landscapes I tend to use a 135.

Same is true for 5x4 landscapes.

I've used longer FL, like a 210 or 300, but my initial visualization always seems to be 135-centric.

[BrianShaw]

Oh... and I also use an older lens occasionally, a 5-1/2 inch.

[Capocheny]

Bill,

For some reason, I always seem to gravitate to a 240 whether on 4x5, 5x7, or 8x10.

Seems to correlate best with the way I "see" the world.

Cheers

[John Bowen]

Bill,

The 1st LF lens I ever purchased was a 210 Symmar as recommended by Fred Picker. If my memory serves me AA (or was it Uncle Earl) recommended the 210 to Fred. I've been shooting LF for nearly 30 years now, and the lenses (of the 10 or so I own) that spend the greatest amount of time on my cameras are the 210 for 4x5 and the Nikon 450 on the 8x10.

[Heroique]

My 110-150-240 kit serves me well for diverse 4x5 landscape shots, but strangely, I’ve determined that if I could start over again, my first lens would be a 180, the lens that would be my best “one lens kit.”

[Vaughn]

My first 4x5 came with a 210mm -- but I turned that camera into a 5x7. My next 4x5 I bought a Caltar IIN 150mm and it was all I needed for years.

[Preston]

In order of most used (lately)...

210
300
180
135
90

At this point I don't think I'd be a 'one-lens' photographer, because so much depends upon what I want to convey in a particular scene.

--P

[MIke Sherck]

If I had to live with one lens, a 180mm for 4x5 would be a strong candidate. For a long time my 210mm Fujinon was more than likely the lens I used; more lately it's been the 125mm Fujinon. I'll go wider if I ever complete the bag bellows for my 4x5 Zone VI (sheer laziness, I admit. I have to make the frames and it's hot in the garage. Maybe late September or early October will see the end of that.)

Mike

[Graham Patterson]

135mm, the alternatives being 90mm or 270mm. Maybe because it is smaller and travels near the top of the bag?

But I notice I am happy to adjust to what I have. I know what sort of view I get from any of my lenses on any of the formats I use.